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″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]

See also

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.
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