List of lighthouses in Egypt

This is a list of lighthouses in Egypt, which are located along both the Mediterranean and Red Sea coastlines of this North African country. The list includes active maritime lighthouses that are named landfall lights, or that have a range of at least fifteen nautical miles. The Admiralty number is that used in Admiralty List of Lights and Fog Signals Light List.[1]

Lighthouses on the Mediterranean Sea

The following lighthouses are located on or near the Mediterranean Sea.

Name Location & coordinates Year built Tower height (metres) Focal height (metres) Range (nmi) Admiralty no.
Burullus Lighthouse 🌍1992394720E6162
Damietta Lighthouse 🌍1992394720E6156
El Agami Lighthouse 🌍141715E6173.50
El Arish Lighthouse 🌍1997203918E5973
El Bahar Tower Lighthouse 🌍2008424215E5978.60
El Dikheila Range Rear Lighthouse 🌍273117E6191.10
El Max Old Lighthouse 🌍1894
Great Pass Beacon Lighthouse 🌍212116E6174
Montaza Palace Lighthouse 🌍
Port Said Lighthouse 🌍1869564720N5978
Ras el Shaqiq Lighthouse 🌍1987154720E6193
Ras el-Tin Lighthouse 🌍1848555221E6173
Raschid Lighthouse 🌍1991154720E6166

Lighthouses on the Red Sea

The following lighthouses are located on or near the Red Sea.

Name Location & coordinates Year built Tower height (metres) Focal height (metres) Range (nmi) Admiralty no.
Ashrafi Juzur Lighthouse 🌍1940263817D7296.74
Ayn Sukhnah Lighthouse 🌍2008394422D7297.05
Birket Misallat Lighthouse 🌍394218D7297.28
Bluff Point Lighthouse 🌍102415D7296.72
Brothers Islands Lighthouse 🌍1883313617D7296.2
Dahab Lighthouse 🌍102015D7297.77
Daedalus Reef Lighthouse 🌍1931303015D7296.1
El Ghardaqa Range Front 🌍187618D7296.521
El Ghardaqa Range Rear Lighthouse 🌍155518D7296.52
El Mallaha Lighthouse 🌍101215D7296.85
Enterprise Passage Lighthouse 🌍101315D7297.67
False Ras Gharib Lighthouse 🌍101115D7296.97
Giftun el-Saghir Lighthouse 🌍253116D7296.5
Jazirat Shakir Lighthouse 🌍1889203722D7296.7
Lahata Lighthouse 🌍394718D7297.31
Nuweibah Lighthouse 🌍104615D7297.79
Qad Ibn Haddan Lighthouse 🌍1987394722D7296.725
Qadd el Tawila Lighthouse 🌍394718D7297.3
Ras Abu Darag Lighthouse 🌍1926305019D7297.01
Ras Abu Sawmah Lighthouse 🌍283016D7296.4
Ras Dib Lighthouse 🌍104515D7296.78
Ras Gharib Lighthouse 🌍1987394622D7296.95
Ras Muhaggara Lighthouse 🌍394318D7297.09
Ras Muhammad Lighthouse 🌍101515D7296.724
Ras Ruahmi Lighthouse 🌍242215D7296.98
Ras Shukier Lighthouse 🌍178522D7296.8
Ras Umm Sidd Lighthouse 🌍1987174522D7297.62
Zafarana lighthouse 🌍1862252517D7297
Ras Zeit Lighthouse 🌍102815D7296.77
Siyal Island Lighthouse 🌍101515D7296.65
Umm El-Kiman Lighthouse 🌍102415D7296.75
Umm Qamar Lighthouse 🌍122415D7296.58

See also

References

  1. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Egypt". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
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