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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