List of lighthouses in Namibia

This is a list of lighthouses in Namibia .

Lighthouses

Name	Location	Coordinates	Year built	Structure	Focal height	Notes
Cape Cross	Cape Cross	21°46′20″S13°57′20″E / 21.77222°S 13.95556°E / -21.77222; 13.95556 (Cape Cross lighthouse)	1955-11	23 m tower	30 m MSL	[1]
Diaz Point	Lüderitz	26°38′11″S15°05′37″E / 26.63639°S 15.09361°E / -26.63639; 15.09361 (Dias Point lighthouse)	1910-10-01	28.8 m masonry tower	53 m HW	[2] [3]
Farilhao Point		22°09′31.08″S14°17′17.11″E / 22.1586333°S 14.2880861°E / -22.1586333; 14.2880861 (Farilhao Point lighthouse)	1975	15 m pole	21.8 m MSL	discontinued 1989-02 [2]
Möwe Point		19°22′47.85″S12°42′29.02″E / 19.3799583°S 12.7080611°E / -19.3799583; 12.7080611 (Möwe Point lighthouse)	1979-02-05	10 m pole	29.2 m MSL	[4]
Pelican Point	Walvis Bay	22°53′26″S14°26′12″E / 22.89056°S 14.43667°E / -22.89056; 14.43667 (Pelican Point lighthouse)	1915-06-15, 1932-05-01	31 m cast iron tower	34 m HW	[5]
Shark Island	Lüderitz		1903	12 m masonry		discontinued 1910 [6]
Swakopmund lighthouse  [ de ]	Swakopmund	22°40′32″S14°31′29″E / 22.67556°S 14.52472°E / -22.67556; 14.52472 (Swakopmund lighthouse)	~1903	28 m masonry tower	35 m HW	[7] [6]
Terrace Bay		20°02′55.32″S13°03′09.91″E / 20.0487000°S 13.0527528°E / -20.0487000; 13.0527528 (Terrace Bay lighthouse)	1979-02-13	6 m pole	36.9 m MSL	[4]
Toscanini		20°49′57.94″S13°23′48.16″E / 20.8327611°S 13.3967111°E / -20.8327611; 13.3967111 (Toscanini lighthouse)	1975-05	15 m pole	25.9 m MSL	discontinued 1989-06 [1]

Gallery

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  Swakopmund Lighthouse
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  Pelican Point Lighthouse
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  Dias Point Lighthouse
• 
  Original Shark Island Lighthouse

See also

• List of lighthouses in Angola (to the north)
• List of lighthouses in South Africa (to the south)
• Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels

References

• Lighthouses of South Africa. Portnet. 1991. ISBN   0-620-16367-4.
• Williams, Harold A. (1993). Southern lights: lighthouses of Southern Africa. Rivonia: William Waterman publications. ISBN   0-9583751-1-9.

1. Portnet (1991), p.10.
2. Portnet (1991), p.8.
3. Williams (1993), p.105.
4. Portnet (1991), p.12.
5. Portnet (1991), p.7.
6. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Namibia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 24 December 2006.
7. Portnet (1991), p.13.

External links

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