List of lighthouses in Namibia
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This is a list of lighthouses in Namibia.
Lighthouses
Name | Location | Coordinates | Year built | Structure | Focal height | Notes |
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Cape Cross | Cape Cross | 21°46′20″S 13°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″S 15°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″S 14°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″S 12°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″S 14°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 | Swakopmund | 22°40′32″S 14°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″S 13°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″S 13°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
- Swakopmund Lighthouse
- Pelican Point Lighthouse
- 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.
- ^ a b Portnet (1991), p.10.
- ^ a b Portnet (1991), p.8.
- ^ Williams (1993), p.105.
- ^ a b Portnet (1991), p.12.
- ^ Portnet (1991), p.7.
- ^ a b Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Namibia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 December 2006.
- ^ Portnet (1991), p.13.
External links
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Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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