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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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  • Note: Click on the country or place name of your choice in the table below to link you to lighthouses in that area.
Name Dependency/
Territory
Algeria No
Angola No
Ascension Island (UK) Yes
Benin No
Cameroon No
Canary Islands (Spain) Yes
Cape Verde No
Ceuta (Spain) Yes
Comoros No
Democratic Republic of the Congo No
Republic of the Congo No
Djibouti No
Egypt No
Equatorial Guinea No
Eritrea No
Gabon No
the Gambia No
Ghana No
Guinea No
Guinea-Bissau No
Ivory Coast No
Kenya No
Liberia No
Libya No
Madagascar No
Madeira (Portugal) Yes
Mauritania No
Mauritius No
Mayotte (France) Yes
Melilla (Spain) Yes
Morocco No
Mozambique No
Namibia No
Nigeria No
Réunion (France) Yes
Saint Helena (UK) Yes
São Tomé and Príncipe No
Senegal No
Seychelles No
Sierra Leone No
Somalia No
Somaliland No
South Africa No
Sudan No
Tanzania No
Togo No
Tunisia No

Asia

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  • Note: Click on the country or place name of your choice in the table below to link you to lighthouses in that area.
Name Dependency/
Territory
Abkhazia No
Azerbaijan No
Bahrain No
Bangladesh No
British Indian Ocean Territory (UK) Yes
Brunei No
Cambodia No
China No
Christmas Island (Australia) Yes
Cyprus No
East Timor No
Hong Kong (China) Yes
India No
Indonesia No
Iran No
Israel No
Japan No
Jordan No
Kazakhstan No
Korea (North) No
Korea (South) No
Kuwait No
Lebanon No
Macau (China) Yes
Malaysia No
Maldives No
Myanmar No
Oman No
Pakistan No
Palestinian territories No
Philippines No
Qatar No
Russia No
Saudi Arabia No
Singapore No
Sri Lanka No
Syria No
Taiwan Disputed
Turkey No
Turkmenistan No
United Arab Emirates No
Vietnam No
Yemen No

Europe

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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.
Name Dependency/
Territory
Åland (Finland) Yes
Albania No
Austria No
Belgium No
Bosnia and Herzegovina No
Bulgaria No
Channel Islands (UK) Yes
Croatia No
Denmark No
England (UK) Yes
Estonia No
Faroe Islands (Denmark) Yes
Finland No
France No
Georgia No
Gibraltar (UK) Yes
Germany No
Greece No
Iceland No
Ireland No
Isle of Man (UK) Yes
Italy No
Latvia No
Lithuania No
Malta No
Monaco No
Montenegro No
Netherlands No
Norway No
Poland No
Portugal No
Romania No
Scotland (UK) Yes
Slovenia No
Spain No
Svalbard (Norway) Yes
Sweden No
Switzerland No
Ukraine No
United Kingdom No
Wales (UK) Yes

North America

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  • Note: Click on the country or place name of your choice in the table below to link you to lighthouses in that area.
Name Dependency/
Territory
Anguilla (UK) Yes
Antigua and Barbuda No
Aruba (Netherlands) Yes
Bahamas No
Barbados No
Belize No
Bermuda (UK) Yes
Bonaire (Netherlands) Yes
British Virgin Islands (UK) Yes
Canada No
Cayman Islands (UK) Yes
Costa Rica No
Cuba No
Curaçao (Netherlands) Yes
Dominica No
Dominican Republic No
El Salvador No
Greenland (Denmark) Yes
Grenada No
Guadeloupe (France) Yes
Guatemala No
Haiti No
Honduras No
Jamaica No
Martinique (France) Yes
Mexico No
Montserrat (UK) Yes
Nicaragua No
Panama No
Puerto Rico (United States) Yes
Saba (Netherlands) Yes
Saint Barthélemy (France) Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis No
Saint Lucia No
Saint Martin (France) Yes
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No
Sint Eustatius (Netherlands) Yes
Sint Maarten (Netherlands) Yes
Trinidad and Tobago No
Turks and Caicos (UK) Yes
United States No
United States Virgin Islands (United States) Yes

Oceania

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  • Note: Click on the country or place name of your choice in the table below to link you to lighthouses in that area.
Name Dependency/
Territory
American Samoa (United States) Yes
Australia No
Cook Islands (New Zealand) Yes
Coral Sea Islands (Australia) Yes
Federated States of Micronesia No
Fiji No
French Polynesia (France) Yes
Guam (United States) Yes
Kiribati No
Marshall Islands No
New Caledonia (France) Yes
New Zealand No
Niue (New Zealand) Yes
Norfolk Island (Australia) Yes
Northern Mariana Islands (United States) Yes
Palau No
Papua New Guinea No
Samoa No
Solomon Islands No
Tonga No
Vanuatu No
Wallis and Futuna (France) Yes

South America

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  • Note: Click on the country or place name of your choice in the table below to link you to lighthouses in that area.
Name Dependency/
Territory
Argentina No
Bolivia No
Brazil No
Chile No
Easter Island (Chile) Yes
El Salvador No
French Guiana (France) Yes
Guyana No
Peru No
Suriname No
Falkland Islands (UK) Yes
Uruguay No
Venezuela No

See also

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References

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  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.