List of lighthouses in Egypt

Map of lighthouses in Egypt.(See Wikidata query)

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	31°36′0″N 31°4′48″E	1992	39	47	20	E6162
Damietta Lighthouse	31°31′24″N 31°50′54″E	1992	39	47	20	E6156
El Agami Lighthouse	31°8′54″N 29°47′12″E		14	17	15	E6173.50
El Arish Lighthouse	31°8′42″N 33°48′54″E	1997	20	39	18	E5973
El Bahar Tower Lighthouse	31°18′6″N 32°21′36″E	2008	42	42	15	E5978.60
El Dikheila Range Rear Lighthouse	31°8′0″N 29°48′42″E		27	31	17	E6191.10
El Max Old Lighthouse	31°9′25″N 29°50′51″E	1894
Great Pass Beacon Lighthouse	31°10′0″N 29°48′30″E		21	21	16	E6174
Montaza Palace Lighthouse	31°17′25″N 30°1′8″E
Port Said Lighthouse	31°15′50″N 32°18′42″E	1869	56	47	20	N5978
Ras el Shaqiq Lighthouse	30°57′18″N 28°49′42″E	1987	15	47	20	E6193
Ras el-Tin Lighthouse	31°11′42″N 29°51′42″E	1848	55	52	21	E6173
Raschid Lighthouse	31°26′36″N 30°25′48″E	1991	15	47	20	E6166

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	27°47′24″N 33°42′24″E	1940	26	38	17	D7296.74
Ayn Sukhnah Lighthouse	29°36′6″N 32°20′30″E	2008	39	44	22	D7297.05
Birket Misallat Lighthouse	29°54′24″N 32°35′36″E		39	42	18	D7297.28
Bluff Point Lighthouse	27°40′48″N 33°48′24″E		10	24	15	D7296.72
Brothers Islands Lighthouse	26°18′52″N 34°50′37″E	1883	31	36	17	D7296.2
Dahab Lighthouse	28°30′0″N 34°31′12″E		10	20	15	D7297.77
Daedalus Reef Lighthouse	24°55′24″N 35°51′30″E	1931	30	30	15	D7296.1
El Ghardaqa Range Front	27°12′18″N 33°50′30″E		18	76	18	D7296.521
El Ghardaqa Range Rear Lighthouse	27°12′30″N 33°50′30″E		15	55	18	D7296.52
El Mallaha Lighthouse	28°14′48″N 33°9′36″E		10	12	15	D7296.85
Enterprise Passage Lighthouse	27°58′48″N 34°26′12″E		10	13	15	D7297.67
False Ras Gharib Lighthouse	28°30′54″N 32°57′36″E		10	11	15	D7296.97
Giftun el-Saghir Lighthouse	27°11′54″N 33°59′0″E		25	31	16	D7296.5
Jazirat Shakir Lighthouse	27°27′0″N 34°2′12″E	1889	20	37	22	D7296.7
Lahata Lighthouse	29°40′24″N 32°41′12″E		39	47	18	D7297.31
Nuweibah Lighthouse	29°1′42″N 34°39′12″E		10	46	15	D7297.79
Qad Ibn Haddan Lighthouse	27°48′12″N 34°6′0″E	1987	39	47	22	D7296.725
Qadd el Tawila Lighthouse	29°47′48″N 32°38′24″E		39	47	18	D7297.3
Ras Abu Darag Lighthouse	29°22′48″N 32°33′48″E	1926	30	50	19	D7297.01
Ras Abu Sawmah Lighthouse	26°51′6″N 34°0′6″E		28	30	16	D7296.4
Ras Dib Lighthouse	28°1′48″N 33°24′54″E		10	45	15	D7296.78
Ras Gharib Lighthouse	28°21′6″N 33°6′36″E	1987	39	46	22	D7296.95
Ras Muhaggara Lighthouse	29°48′36″N 32°28′12″E		39	43	18	D7297.09
Ras Muhammad Lighthouse	27°43′36″N 34°14′54″E		10	15	15	D7296.724
Ras Ruahmi Lighthouse	28°43′12″N 32°49′24″E		24	22	15	D7296.98
Ras Shukier Lighthouse	28°7′54″N 33°16′30″E		17	85	22	D7296.8
Ras Umm Sidd Lighthouse	27°51′0″N 34°18′48″E	1987	17	45	22	D7297.62
Ras Zafarana Lighthouse	29°6′42″N 32°39′54″E	1862	25	25	17	D7297
Ras Zeit Lighthouse	27°57′0″N 33°30′36″E		10	28	15	D7296.77
Siyal Island Lighthouse	27°33′36″N 33°52′48″E		10	15	15	D7296.65
Umm El-Kiman Lighthouse	27°49′36″N 33°34′54″E		10	24	15	D7296.75
Umm Qamar Lighthouse	27°21′30″N 33°54′30″E		12	24	15	D7296.58

Gallery

• 
  Brothers Islands Lighthouse
• 
  Daedalus Reef
• 
  Ras Muhammad
• 
  Ras Umm Sidd (Sharm el-Sheikh)

See also

• List of lighthouses in Libya (to the west)
• List of lighthouses in Israel (to the east)
• List of lighthouses in Sudan (to the south)
• Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels

References

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

External links

Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.