List of lighthouses in Mexico

This is a list of lighthouses in Mexico. They are located along the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean coastlines of the country. These are named landfall lights, or those with a range of over fifteen nautical miles.[1][2]

Lighthouses

Name Image Location
coordinates
Year built Tower height (m) Focal height (m) Range (nmi) NGA Number
Arrecife Santiaguillo Lighthouse[3] Arrecife Santiaguillo
🌍
1934323222110-15436
Benito Juárez Lighthouse[3] 🌍1872[4]23
Cabo Catoche Lighthouse[5] 🌍141515111-15664
Cabo Corrientes Lighthouse[6] Cabo Corrientes
🌍
1903[4]189318111-15080
Faro Cabo Falso Cabo San Lucas
🌍
1967
Faro de Cabo San Lucas[7] Cabo San Lucas
🌍[8]
6111-14548
Cabo Haro Lighthouse[9] Guaymas
🌍
710722111-14824
Cabo San Lucas Lighthouse[7] Cabo San Lucas
🌍
02615111-14553
Cabo Tepoca Lighthouse[9] 🌍183915111-14786
Cazones Lighthouse[3] Cazones de Herrera
🌍
1970s162615110-15332
Celestún Lighthouse[10] Celestún
🌍
188310
Celestún Lighthouse[10] Celestún19051221110-15588
Cerro del Gavilan Lighthouse[3] Coatzacoalcos
🌍
1454[4]18110-15464
Cerro Partido Lighthouse[9] Topolobampo
🌍
59522111-14920
Dzilam de Bravo Lighthouse[9] Dzilam de Bravo Municipality
🌍[11]
18[12]10[12]110-15636
Frontera Lighthouse[10] Frontera
🌍
1882293015110-15504
Gran Puerto de Cancún Lighthouse[5] Puerto Juárez
🌍
2005585824110-15694
Huatulco Lighthouse[13] Santa María Huatulco
🌍
156015111-15260
Isla Contoy Lighthouse[5] Quintana Roo
🌍
19313233[4]21110-15668
Isla de Lobos Lighthouse[14] Veracruz
🌍
223220110-15276
Isla de Sacrificios Lighthouse[3] Isla de Sacrificios
🌍
1960s394222110-15380
Islas de Todos Santos Lighthouse[15] Isla Todos Santos
🌍
304822111-14364
Isla Maria Madre Lighthouse[16] Isla María Madre
🌍
76217111-15028
Isla Natividad Lighthouse Isla Natividad
🌍
19381611220111-14456
Isla Pérez Lighthouse Isla Pérez
🌍
1899182120110-15596
Islas San Benito Lighthouse Islas San Benito
🌍
193417
Islas San Benito Lighthouse Islas San Benito
🌍
20097212[4]30111-14412
La Barra Lighthouse Barra Norte
🌍
222415110-15304
La Roqueta Island Lighthouse La Roqueta
🌍
1511525111-15208
Lazaro Cardenas Lighthouse Lázaro Cárdenas
🌍
3540[4]19111-15160
Majahual Lighthouse Costa Maya
🌍
2006222220110-15782
Malecón Lighthouse Puerto Vallarta
🌍
193210
Matamoros Lighthouse Puerto Vallarta
🌍
193212[4]
Mazatlán Lighthouse Isla del Crestón
🌍
18791115733111-14964
Mezquital Lighthouse Matamoros
🌍
2013[4]2625[4]18110-15203.1
Morro de Salinas Lighthouse Port of Salina Cruz
🌍
1896148320111-15272
Playa del Carmen Lighthouse Playa del Carmen
🌍
Progreso Lighthouse Progreso
🌍
1893333520110-15620
Puerto Angel Lighthouse Puerto Ángel
🌍
1900145620111-15256
Puerto Arista Lighthouse Puerto Arista
🌍[12]
111-15308
Puerto Escondido Lighthouse 🌍193615401615252
Puerto Madero Lighthouse 🌍22241515324
Puerto Morelos Lighthouse Puerto Morelos
🌍
1988141615110-15704
Puerto Morelos Lighthouse Puerto Morelos
🌍
194610
Puerto Penasco Lighthouse 🌍9971714778
Punta Arena de la Ventana Lighthouse 🌍200925151814572
Punta Brujas Lighthouse 🌍4402015224
Punta Campos Lighthouse 🌍111092015140
Punta Cancun Lighthouse Quintana Roo
🌍
110-15696
Celarain Lighthouse Punta Sur
🌍
193425321515744
Punta Delgada Lighthouse 🌍22461815352
Punta Farrallon Lighthouse 🌍22621515088
Punta Garrobo Lighthouse 🌍1939131151815180
Punta Graham Lighthouse 🌍112002015092
Punta Jerez Lighthouse 🌍199020222015212
Punta Maldonado Lighthouse 🌍15401515240
Punta Morro Lighthouse 🌍189616541815552
Punta Palmas Lighthouse 🌍195039422015592
Punta Piedra Lighthouse 🌍200925281815207
Punta Prieta Lighthouse 🌍20301514588
Punta Roca Partida Lighthouse 
Punta San Telmo Lighthouse 🌍12701815152
Rio Lagartos Lighthouse Yucatán
🌍
20221615644
San Bartolo Hill Lighthouse 🌍12781815564
San Blas Lighthouse 🌍14441815012
San Felipe Lighthouse 🌍22441814756
San Jose del Cabo Lighthouse 🌍10361514560
San Miguel de Cozumel Lighthouse 🌍200036371515732
Tampico Lighthouse 🌍188340432415220
Tecolutla lighthouse Tecolutla
🌍
23251515336
Tijuana Lighthouse Playas de Tijuana
🌍
22402014338
Venustiano Carranza Lighthouse Veracruz
🌍
Xicalango Lighthouse Campeche
🌍
283218110-15516

See also

References

  1. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015. p. 167.
  2. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 111: The West Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015. p. 269.
  3. ^ a b c d e Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Central Gulf Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Russ Rowlett, Lighthouse Directory, Wikidata Q23581832
  5. ^ a b c Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Caribbean Coast (Quintana Roo)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  6. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Northwest Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  7. ^ a b Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Southwestern Baja California". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  8. ^ https://msi.nga.mil/queryResults?publications/ngalol/lights-buoys?volume=111&featureNumber=14548&includeRemovals=false&output=html
  9. ^ a b c d Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Northwest Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  10. ^ a b c Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Southern Gulf Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  11. ^ http://listoflights.org/leuchtfeuer/detail?id=46459
  12. ^ a b c NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Wikidata Q13872896
  13. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: South Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  14. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Northern Gulf Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  15. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Northwestern Baja California". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  16. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: West Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 May 2023.