This is a list of lighthouses in Algeria. The list includes those maritime lighthouses that are named landfall lights, or have a range of at least fifteen nautical miles. They are located along the Mediterranean coastline, and on a number of Algerian islands.[1][2][3][4]
Lighthouses
Name | Image | Location & Coordinates |
Year built |
Tower Height | Focal Height | Range | NGA Number |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cap Bengut Lighthouse | ![]() | Dellys 36°55′20″N 3°53′36″E / 36.922310°N 3.893266°E | 2010 | 29 m (95 ft) | 63 m (207 ft) | 30 nmi (56 km) | 22360 |
Cap Bougaroun Lighthouse | Skikda Province 37°05′16″N 6°28′02″E / 37.087654°N 6.467292°E | Unknown | 10 m (33 ft) | 91 m (299 ft) | 29 nmi (54 km) | 22284 | |
Cap Carbon Lighthouse | ![]() | Béjaïa 36°46′34″N 5°06′15″E / 36.776180°N 5.104120°E | 1851 | 10 m (33 ft) | 220 m (722 ft) | 28 nmi (52 km) | 22328 |
Cap Caxine Lighthouse | ![]() |
Cape Caxine 36°48′46″N 2°57′15″E / 36.812871°N 2.954120°E | 1868 | 33 m (108 ft) | 64 m (210 ft) | 30 nmi (56 km) | 22424 |
Cap Colombi Lighthouse | ![]() | El Marsa 36°26′35″N 0°56′20″E / 36.443162°N 0.938805°E | 1954 | 32 m (105 ft) | 62.9 m (206 ft) | 22 nmi (41 km) | 22512 |
Cap Corbelin Lighthouse | Image | Azeffoun 36°54′34″N 4°25′27″E / 36.909403°N 4.424089°E | 1905 | 15 m (49 ft) | 42 m (138 ft) | 22 nmi (41 km) | 22340 |
Cap Falcon Lighthouse | Image | Aïn El Turk 35°46′16″N 0°48′03″W / 35.770991°N 0.800719°W | 1868 | 28.7 m (94 ft) | 106 m (348 ft) | 29 nmi (54 km) | 22672 |
Cap de Fer Lighthouse | Skikda Province 37°04′47″N 7°10′17″E / 37.079839°N 7.171323°E | 1859 | 17 m (56 ft) | 65 m (213 ft) | 19 nmi (35 km) | 22228 | |
Cap de Garde Lighthouse | ![]() | Annaba 36°58′03″N 7°47′00″E / 36.967423°N 7.783363°E | 1884 | 14 m (46 ft) | 143 m (469 ft) | 30 nmi (56 km) | 22208 |
Cap de l'Aiguille Lighthouse | ![]() | Oran 35°52′33″N 0°29′19″W / 35.875888°N 0.488700°W | 1865 | 10 m (33 ft) | 62 m (203 ft) | 26 nmi (48 km) | 22580 |
Cap Falcon Lighthouse | Image | Oran 35°46′16″N 0°48′03″W / 35.770992°N 0.800714°W | 1868 | 27 m (89 ft) | 104 m (341 ft) | 31 nmi (57 km) | 22672 |
Cap Ivi Lighthouse | ![]() |
Mostaganem Province 36°06′46″N 0°13′37″E / 36.112888°N 0.226856°E | 1898 | 18 m (59 ft) | 118 m (387 ft) | 31 nmi (57 km) | 22520 |
Cap Matifou Lighthouse | Image | Tamentfoust 36°48′42″N 3°14′43″E / 36.811723°N 3.245358°E | 1868 | 6 m (20 ft) | 74 m (243 ft) | 23 nmi (43 km) | 22368 |
Cap Rosa Lighthouse | Image | El Kala 36°56′47″N 8°14′13″E / 36.946463°N 8.236813°E | 1906 | 15.30 m (50 ft) | 132.30 m (434 ft) | 19 nmi (35 km) | 22168 |
Cap Sigli Lighthouse | ![]() | Béjaïa Province 36°53′40″N 4°45′32″E / 36.894555°N 4.759001°E | 1906 | 25 m (82 ft) | 57 m (187 ft) | 17 nmi (31 km) | 22336 |
Cap Ténès Lighthouse | ![]() | Ténès 36°32′59″N 1°20′26″E / 36.549685°N 1.340590°E | 1865 | 31 m (102 ft) | 89 m (292 ft) | 31 nmi (57 km) | 22488 |
Fort Joinville Lighthouse | ![]() | Cherchell 36°36′42″N 2°11′17″E / 36.611605°N 2.188098°E | 1855 | 26 m (85 ft) | 37 m (121 ft) | 21 nmi (39 km) | 22468 |
Ghazaouet Lighthouse | Image | Ghazaouet 35°05′52″N 1°52′24″W / 35.097901°N 1.873248°W | Unknown | 15 m (49 ft) | 93 m (305 ft) | 26 nmi (48 km) | 22700 |
Île Rachgoun Lighthouse | ![]() | Béni Saf 35°19′26″N 1°28′47″W / 35.323904°N 1.479778°W | 1870 | 15 m (49 ft) | 81 m (266 ft) | 16 nmi (30 km) | 22696 |
Île Srigina Lighthouse | ![]() | Skikda Province 36°56′16″N 6°53′10″E / 36.937755°N 6.886059°E | 1906 | 12 m (39 ft) | 54 m (177 ft) | 20 nmi (37 km) | 22272 |
Îles Habibas Lighthouse | ![]() | Habibas Islands 35°43′14″N 1°08′00″W / 35.720555°N 1.133398°W | 1879 | 12 m (39 ft) | 112 m (367 ft) | 26 nmi (48 km) | 22684 |
Îlot d'Arzew Lighthouse | ![]() |
Oran 35°52′26″N 0°17′23″W / 35.873944°N 0.289641°W | 1848 | 12 m (39 ft) | 19 m (62 ft) | 16 nmi (30 km) | 22540 |
Jetee du Large Lighthouse | Oran 35°43′11″N 0°37′39″W / 35.719774°N 0.627413°W | 1905 | 15 m (49 ft) | 21 m (69 ft) | 22 nmi (41 km) | 22584 | |
Passe Nord Lighthouse | Image | Algiers 36°46′38″N 3°04′40″E / 36.777104°N 3.077899°E | Unknown | 17 m (56 ft) | 23 m (75 ft) | 20 nmi (37 km) | 22380 |
Pointe Colombi Lighthouse | El Marsa, Chlef 36°26′35″N 0°56′20″E / 36.443175°N 0.938835°E | Unknown | 29 m (95 ft) | 60 m (197 ft) | 26 nmi (48 km) | 22512 | |
Pointe de Dellys Lighthouse | Dellys 36°55′18″N 3°55′13″E / 36.921557°N 3.920211°E | 2007 | 15 m (49 ft) | 41 m (135 ft) | 15 nmi (28 km) | 22348 | |
Ras Afia Lighthouse | ![]() | Jijel 36°49′04″N 5°41′21″E / 36.817840°N 5.689302°E | 1871 | 14 m (46 ft) | 43 m (141 ft) | 24 nmi (44 km) | 22308 |
Sidi Fredj Lighthouse | Sidi Fredj 36°45′54″N 2°50′54″E / 36.764961°N 2.848202°E | 1970s | 24 m (79 ft) | 42 m (138 ft) | 17 nmi (31 km) | 22432 | |
Tipaza Lighthouse | ![]() | Tipaza 36°35′50″N 2°26′52″E / 36.597128°N 2.447674°E | 1867 | 13.58 m (45 ft) | 34.08 m (112 ft) | 18 nmi (33 km) | 22444 |
See also
- List of lighthouses in Morocco (to the west)
- List of lighthouses in Tunisia (to the east)
- Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
References
- ↑ List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2014. p. 390.
- ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Western Algeria". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Eastern Algeria". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ↑ Office Nationale de Signalisation Maritime Retrieved 1 May 2017
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