List of lighthouses in China
Appearance
This is a list of lighthouses in China.
Lighthouses
Name | Image | Water body | Province | Location | Built | Notes |
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Baishamen Lighthouse | Hainan | Haidian Island, Haikou | 2000 | The sixth tallest in the world and the second tallest in China | ||
Bo'ao Lighthouse | Hainan | Bo'ao | ||||
Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse | Hong Kong | |||||
Flower Bird Lighthouse | East China Sea | Zhejiang | Saddle Island | 1870 | Zhoushan Islands[1] | |
Green Island Lighthouse | Hong Kong | |||||
Lei Yue Mun Lighthouse | Hong Kong | |||||
Mulan Tou Lighthouse | Hainan | 1995 | The fifth tallest in the world and the tallest in China | |||
Po Toi Lighthouse | Hong Kong | |||||
Rizhao Lighthouse | ||||||
Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse | Hong Kong | |||||
Waglan Lighthouse | Hong Kong | |||||
Zhongjiang Pagoda | Qingyi and Yangtze (Changjiang ) Rivers | Anhui Province | Wuhu | 1618 |
Lighthouses in Hong Kong
Name | Image | Year built |
Location & coordinates | Class of Light | Focal height |
NGA number |
Admiralty number |
Range nml |
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A Kung Ngam Lighthouse | Image | n/a | A Kung Ngam 22°17′04.1″N 114°14′04.4″E / 22.284472°N 114.234556°E |
Fl R 5s. | 11 metres (36 ft) | 19370 | P3570 | 11 |
Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse | 1875 | 22°12′32.5″N 114°15′32.8″E / 22.209028°N 114.259111°E | Fl W 15s. | 60 metres (200 ft) | 19330 | F3576 | 20 | |
Fan Lau Lighthouse | n/a | Fan Lau 22°11′45.2″N 113°50′45.8″E / 22.195889°N 113.846056°E |
Fl W 5s. | 20 metres (66 ft) | 19588 | P3524 | 14 | |
Fan Tsang Chau Lighthouse | n/a | Conic Island 22°21′52.8″N 114°23′27.0″E / 22.364667°N 114.390833°E |
Fl (2) W 6s. | 6 metres (20 ft) | 19300 | P3580.95 | 5 | |
Fo Yeuk Chau Lighthouse | n/a | 22°14′36.6″N 114°08′16.8″E / 22.243500°N 114.138000°E | Fl W 1.5s. | 8 metres (26 ft) | 19437 | P3577.6 | 5 | |
Green Island Lighthouse | 1905 | 22°17′01.2″N 114°06′39.8″E / 22.283667°N 114.111056°E | Fl W 10s. | 37 metres (121 ft) | 19460 | F3538 | 16 | |
Hak Kok Tau Lighthouse | 1876 est. | Hak Kok Tau 22°15′41.5″N 114°15′24.6″E / 22.261528°N 114.256833°E |
Fl (2) WR 10s. | 50 metres (160 ft) | 19355 | P3572 | white:15 red: 12 | |
Kau Yi Chau Lighthouse | n/a | Kau Yi Chau 22°17′13.1″N 114°04′46.9″E / 22.286972°N 114.079694°E |
Fl (2) WR 6s. | 9 metres (30 ft) | 19504 | P3537.6 | white: 11 red: 8 | |
Lam Tong Mei Lighthouse | Image | 1921 est. | Tung Lung Chau 22°14′20.2″N 114°17′19.4″E / 22.238944°N 114.288722°E |
Fl (3) WR 10s. | 56 metres (184 ft) | 19342 | P3574 | white: 19 red: 10 |
Lan Kok Tsui Lighthouse | n/a | 22°24′23.4″N 113°54′19.9″E / 22.406500°N 113.905528°E | Fl (3) W 10s. | 131 metres (430 ft) | 19746 | P3526.2 | 15 | |
Lo Chau Lighthouse | Image | n/a | Po Toi Islands 22°11′16.4″N 114°14′39.0″E / 22.187889°N 114.244167°E |
Fl WR 3s. | 37 metres (121 ft) | 19415 | P3576.8 | white: 10 red: 8 |
Lung Kwu Chau Lighthouse | n/a | Lung Kwu Chau 22°22′50.0″N 113°52′40.9″E / 22.380556°N 113.878028°E |
Fl W 5s. | 53 metres (174 ft) | 19742 | P3526 | 15 | |
Ma Wan Fairway Lighthouse | ~ 1997 | Ting Kau 22°21′49.9″N 114°04′15.1″E / 22.363861°N 114.070861°E |
Oc WRG 8s. | 28 metres (92 ft) | 19512 | P3532.2 | white: 8 red: 4 green: 4 | |
Ngan Chau Lighthouse | n/a | Pak Sha Chau (North) 22°12′50.8″N 114°11′06.7″E / 22.214111°N 114.185194°E |
Al Fl WRW 10s. | 28 metres (92 ft) | 19420 | P3577.1 | white: 11 red: 8 | |
Pak Kwo Chau Lighthouse | Image | n/a | North Ninepin Island 22°16′13.8″N 114°21′00.3″E / 22.270500°N 114.350083°E |
Fl WR 10s. | 44 metres (144 ft) | 19334 | P3575.6 | white: 10 red: 7 |
Po Toi Lighthouse | n/a | Po Toi 22°09′24.9″N 114°15′28.3″E / 22.156917°N 114.257861°E |
Fl W 10s. | 67 metres (220 ft) | 19405 | P3576.6 | 18 | |
Sha Chau Lighthouse | n/a | Sha Chau 22°20′28.3″N 113°53′25.6″E / 22.341194°N 113.890444°E |
Fl (4) W 10s. | 28 metres (92 ft) | 19726 | P3525.5 | 10 | |
Shek Ngau Chau Lighthouse | n/a | Shek Ngau Chau Islet 22°27′57.8″N 114°25′40.2″E / 22.466056°N 114.427833°E |
Fl W 4s. | 26 metres (85 ft) | 19292 | P3578.3 | 12 | |
Tai Long Pai Lighthouse | n/a | Tathong Channel 22°14′02.5″N 114°15′58.8″E / 22.234028°N 114.266333°E |
Fl (4) R 15s. | 14 metres (46 ft) | 19349 | P3575.4 | 5 | |
Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse | 1912 | Tang Lung Chau 22°20′23.2″N 114°03′47.6″E / 22.339778°N 114.063222°E |
Fl W 5s. | 37 metres (121 ft) | 19520 | P3530.6 | 18 | |
Waglan Island Lighthouse | 1893 | Waglan Island 22°10′54.9″N 114°18′11.3″E / 22.181917°N 114.303139°E |
Fl (2) W 20s. | 69 metres (226 ft) | 19326 | P3578 | 24 | |
Wong Mau Chau Lighthouse | n/a | Wong Mau Chau Islet 22°26′55.0″N 114°23′40.9″E / 22.448611°N 114.394694°E |
Fl R 5s. | 23 metres (75 ft) | 19296 | P3578.4 | 5 | |
Yuen Kok Lighthouse | n/a | Lamma Island 22°10′54.1″N 114°08′57.3″E / 22.181694°N 114.149250°E |
Fl W 5s. | 35 metres (115 ft) | 19412 | P3577.2 | 10[2] [3] |
Lighthouses in Macau
Name | Image | Year built |
Location & coordinates | Class of Light | Focal height |
NGA number |
Admiralty number |
Range nml |
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Fortaleza da Guia Lighthouse | 1865 | Fortaleza da Guia 22°11′47.4″N 113°32′58.9″E / 22.196500°N 113.549694°E |
Fl (2) W 10s. | 108 metres (354 ft) | 19640 | P3416 | 16 | |
Pedra d'a Areca Lighthouse | n/a | Macau 22°10′31.1″N 113°32′12.9″E / 22.175306°N 113.536917°E |
Fl W 5s. | 8 metres (26 ft) | 19708 | P3442 | 3 | |
Ponta de Ka-ho Lighthouse | n/a | Macau 22°07′50.9″N 113°35′32.1″E / 22.130806°N 113.592250°E |
Fl W 4s. | 48 metres (157 ft) | 19720 | P3420 | 12[4] [5] |
See also
References
- ^ Lighthouse Digest- Retrieved 2916-06-01
- ^ Hong Kong The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 3 November 2016
- ^ NGA List of Lights – Pub.112 Retrieved 3 November 2016
- ^ Macau The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2 November 2016
- ^ NGA List of Lights – Pub.112 Retrieved 2 November 2016
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