This article contains links to lists of lighthouses around the world.[1][2] According to Lighthouse Directory, there are more than 18,600 lighthouses worldwide.[3]

Africa

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NameDependency/
Territory
AlgeriaNo
AngolaNo
Ascension Island (UK)Yes
BeninNo
CameroonNo
Canary Islands (Spain)Yes
Cape VerdeNo
Ceuta (Spain)Yes
ComorosNo
Democratic Republic of the CongoNo
Republic of the CongoNo
DjiboutiNo
EgyptNo
Equatorial GuineaNo
EritreaNo
GabonNo
the GambiaNo
GhanaNo
GuineaNo
Guinea-BissauNo
Ivory CoastNo
KenyaNo
LiberiaNo
LibyaNo
MadagascarNo
Madeira (Portugal)Yes
MauritaniaNo
MauritiusNo
Mayotte (France)Yes
Melilla (Spain)Yes
MoroccoNo
MozambiqueNo
NamibiaNo
NigeriaNo
Réunion (France)Yes
Saint Helena (UK)Yes
São Tomé and PríncipeNo
SenegalNo
SeychellesNo
Sierra LeoneNo
SomaliaNo
SomalilandNo
South AfricaNo
SudanNo
TanzaniaNo
TogoNo
TunisiaNo

Antarctica

Asia

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NameDependency/
Territory
AbkhaziaNo
AzerbaijanNo
BahrainNo
BangladeshNo
British Indian Ocean Territory (UK)Yes
BruneiNo
CambodiaNo
ChinaNo
Christmas Island (Australia)Yes
CyprusNo
East TimorNo
Hong Kong (China)Yes
IndiaNo
IndonesiaNo
IranNo
IsraelNo
JapanNo
JordanNo
KazakhstanNo
Korea (North)No
Korea (South)No
KuwaitNo
LebanonNo
Macau (China)Yes
MalaysiaNo
MaldivesNo
MyanmarNo
OmanNo
PakistanNo
Palestinian territoriesNo
PhilippinesNo
QatarNo
RussiaNo
Saudi ArabiaNo
SingaporeNo
Sri LankaNo
SyriaNo
TaiwanDisputed
TurkeyNo
TurkmenistanNo
United Arab EmiratesNo
VietnamNo
YemenNo

Europe

At 82.5 metres (271 ft), Île Vierge Lighthouse (right) is the tallest lighthouse in Europe. It is also the tallest "traditional" lighthouse in the world.[4][5]
  • Note: Click on the country or place name of your choice in the table below to link you to lighthouses in that area.
NameDependency/
Territory
Åland (Finland)Yes
AlbaniaNo
AustriaNo
BelgiumNo
Bosnia and HerzegovinaNo
BulgariaNo
Channel Islands (UK)Yes
CroatiaNo
DenmarkNo
EstoniaNo
Faroe Islands (Denmark)Yes
FinlandNo
FranceNo
GeorgiaNo
Gibraltar (UK)Yes
GermanyNo
GreeceNo
IcelandNo
IrelandNo
Isle of Man (UK)Yes
ItalyNo
LatviaNo
LithuaniaNo
MaltaNo
MonacoNo
MontenegroNo
NetherlandsNo
NorwayNo
PolandNo
PortugalNo
RomaniaNo
SloveniaNo
SpainNo
Svalbard (Norway)Yes
SwedenNo
SwitzerlandNo
UkraineNo
United KingdomNo

North America

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NameDependency/
Territory
Anguilla (UK)Yes
Antigua and BarbudaNo
Aruba (Netherlands)Yes
BahamasNo
BarbadosNo
BelizeNo
Bermuda (UK)Yes
Bonaire (Netherlands)Yes
British Virgin Islands (UK)Yes
CanadaNo
Cayman Islands (UK)Yes
Costa RicaNo
CubaNo
Curaçao (Netherlands)Yes
DominicaNo
Dominican RepublicNo
El SalvadorNo
Greenland (Denmark)Yes
GrenadaNo
Guadeloupe (France)Yes
GuatemalaNo
HaitiNo
HondurasNo
JamaicaNo
Martinique (France)Yes
MexicoNo
Montserrat (UK)Yes
NicaraguaNo
PanamaNo
Puerto Rico (United States)Yes
Saba (Netherlands)Yes
Saint Barthélemy (France)Yes
Saint Kitts and NevisNo
Saint LuciaNo
Saint Martin (France)Yes
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)Yes
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNo
Sint Eustatius (Netherlands)Yes
Sint Maarten (Netherlands)Yes
Trinidad and TobagoNo
Turks and Caicos (UK)Yes
United StatesNo
United States Virgin Islands (United States)Yes

Oceania

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NameDependency/
Territory
American Samoa (United States)Yes
AustraliaNo
Cook Islands (New Zealand)Yes
Coral Sea Islands (Australia)Yes
Federated States of MicronesiaNo
FijiNo
French Polynesia (France)Yes
Guam (United States)Yes
KiribatiNo
Marshall IslandsNo
New Caledonia (France)Yes
New ZealandNo
Niue (New Zealand)Yes
Norfolk Island (Australia)Yes
Northern Mariana Islands (United States)Yes
PalauNo
Papua New GuineaNo
SamoaNo
Solomon IslandsNo
TongaNo
VanuatuNo
Wallis and Futuna (France)Yes

South America

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NameDependency/
Territory
ArgentinaNo
BoliviaNo
BrazilNo
ChileNo
Easter Island (Chile)Yes
El SalvadorNo
French Guiana (France)Yes
GuyanaNo
PeruNo
SurinameNo
Falkland Islands (UK)Yes
UruguayNo
VenezuelaNo

See also

References

  1. "Admiralty Nautical Paper Publications". UK Hydrographic Office.
  2. "NGA List of Lights". NGA.
  3. Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  4. "Phare de l'île Vierge". Sécurité maritime - Les Phares et Balises (in French). France: Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Sea. 30 June 2006. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  5. Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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