ARPT PROB RAMP OBSTRUCTION. POLES SHOWN ON ARPT PLAN 11-1 IN VERY SMALL TYPE EMBLEMS.

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WHILE TAXIING TO PARKING I WAS UNDER DIRECTIONS FROM A MAINT MARSHALLER. AS I FOLLOWED HIS VISUAL SIGNALS OUT MY L SIDE MY AREA OF CONCENTRATION WAS TO MY L AND MY IMMEDIATE FORWARD. AT HIS SIGNAL I BEGAN A L TURN BACK TO HIS POS WHICH WOULD PLACE OUR ACFT BTWN 2 OTHER PARKED ACFT ON THE EDGE OF THE ARPT RAMP. 1/2 WAY THROUGH TURN THE R WING STRUCK A LIGHT STANDARD AND DAMAGED THE #8 SLAT. THE MAINT MARSHALLER SAID THAT THE SETTING SUN WAS IN HIS EYES AND HE COULDN'T SEE OUR WINGTIP. OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE ABSENCE OF ANY TAXI OR J- LINES AND WING WALKERS. SEVERAL GND PERSONNEL LATER STATED THAT THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAD HAPPENED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 273321: AS ACFT WAS DIRECTED INTO FINAL L TURN BY MARSHALLER I CHKED R WINGTIP AND IT APPEARED IT WOULD PASS IN FRONT OF LIGHT STAND. THE SUN WAS PARTIALLY A FACTOR BUT IT DID APPEAR THE WING WOULD CLR THE POLE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION FROM THE MARSHALLER THAT WE WERE TOO CLOSE TO THE LIGHT POLE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 273643: NO MENTION OF LIGHTS ON 10-7 PAGE.