List of lighthouses in Hong Kong
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This is a list of lighthouses in Hong Kong.[1][2]
Lighthouses in Hong Kong
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| Name | Image | Year built |
Location & coordinates |
Class of Light[2] | Focal height[2] |
NGA number[2] |
Admiralty number[2] |
Range nml[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Kung Ngam Lighthouse |  |
1924 | A Kung Ngam 22°17′04.1″N 114°14′04.4″E / 22.284472°N 114.234556°E |
Fl R 5s. | 11 metres (36 ft) | 19370 | P3570 | 11 |
| Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse (Hok Tsui) |
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1875 | Cape D'Aguilar 22°12′32.5″N 114°15′32.8″E / 22.209028°N 114.259111°E |
Fl W 15s. | 60 metres (200 ft) | 19330 | F3576 | 20 |
| Fan Lau Lighthouse |  |
1936, 1972 | Fan Lau 22°11′45.2″N 113°50′45.8″E / 22.195889°N 113.846056°E |
Fl W 5s. | 20 metres (66 ft) | 19588 | P3524 | 14 |
| Fan Tsang Chau Lighthouse |  |
1977 | Conic Island 22°21′52.8″N 114°23′27.0″E / 22.364667°N 114.390833°E |
Fl (2) W 6s. | 6 metres (20 ft) | 19300 | P3580.95 | 5 |
| Fo Yeuk Chau Lighthouse |  |
1974 | Magazine Island 22°14′36.6″N 114°08′16.8″E / 22.243500°N 114.138000°E |
Fl W 1.5s. | 8 metres (26 ft) | 19437 | P3577.6 | 5 |
| Green Island Lighthouse |  |
1905 | Green Island 22°17′01.2″N 114°06′39.8″E / 22.283667°N 114.111056°E |
Fl W 10s. | 37 metres (121 ft) | 19460 | F3538 | 16 |
| Hak Kok Tau Lighthouse | 1876 1964 rebuilt |
Hak Kok Tau 22°15′41.5″N 114°15′24.6″E / 22.261528°N 114.256833°E |
Fl (2) WR 10s. | 50 metres (160 ft) | 19355 | P3572 | white:15 red: 12 | |
| Kau Yi Chau Lighthouse | 1968 | Kau Yi Chau 22°17′13.1″N 114°04′46.9″E / 22.286972°N 114.079694°E |
Fl (2) WR 6s. | 9 metres (30 ft) | 19504 | P3537.6 | white: 11 red: 8 | |
| Lam Tong Mei Lighthouse | Image | 1921 (original)
1965 (relocated) |
Tung Lung Chau 22°14′20.2″N 114°17′19.4″E / 22.238944°N 114.288722°E |
Fl (3) WR 10s. | 56 metres (184 ft) | 19342 | P3574 | white: 19 red: 10 |
| Lan Kok Tsui Lighthouse | 1990's | Lung Kwu Tan 22°24′23.4″N 113°54′19.9″E / 22.406500°N 113.905528°E |
Fl (3) W 10s. | 131 metres (430 ft) | 19746 | P3526.2 | 15 | |
| Lo Chau Lighthouse | Image | 1970 | Po Toi Islands 22°11′16.4″N 114°14′39.0″E / 22.187889°N 114.244167°E |
Fl WR 3s. | 37 metres (121 ft) | 19415 | P3576.8 | white: 10 red: 8 |
| Lung Kwu Chau Lighthouse | 1921 | Lung Kwu Chau 22°22′50.0″N 113°52′40.9″E / 22.380556°N 113.878028°E |
Fl W 5s. | 53 metres (174 ft) | 19742 | P3526 | 15 | |
| Ma Wan Fairway Lighthouse |  |
~ 1997 | Ting Kau 22°21′49.9″N 114°04′15.1″E / 22.363861°N 114.070861°E |
Oc WRG 8s. | 28 metres (92 ft) | 19512 | P3532.2 | white: 8 red: 4 green: 4 |
| Ngan Chau Lighthouse | 1972 | Pak Sha Chau (North) 22°12′50.8″N 114°11′06.7″E / 22.214111°N 114.185194°E |
Al Fl WRW 10s. | 28 metres (92 ft) | 19420 | P3577.1 | white: 11 red: 8 | |
| Pak Kwo Chau Lighthouse | Image | 1979 | North Ninepin Island 22°16′13.8″N 114°21′00.3″E / 22.270500°N 114.350083°E |
Fl WR 10s. | 44 metres (144 ft) | 19334 | P3575.6 | white: 10 red: 7 |
| Po Toi Lighthouse |  |
1970 | Po Toi 22°09′24.9″N 114°15′28.3″E / 22.156917°N 114.257861°E |
Fl W 10s. | 67 metres (220 ft) | 19405 | P3576.6 | 18 |
| Sha Chau Lighthouse |  |
n/a | Sha Chau 22°20′28.3″N 113°53′25.6″E / 22.341194°N 113.890444°E |
Fl (4) W 10s. | 28 metres (92 ft) | 19726 | P3525.5 | 10 |
| Shek Ngau Chau Lighthouse | 1972 | Shek Ngau Chau Islet 22°27′57.8″N 114°25′40.2″E / 22.466056°N 114.427833°E |
Fl W 4s. | 26 metres (85 ft) | 19292 | P3578.3 | 12 | |
| Tai Long Pai Lighthouse | 1964 | Tathong Channel 22°14′02.5″N 114°15′58.8″E / 22.234028°N 114.266333°E |
Fl (4) R 15s. | 14 metres (46 ft) | 19349 | P3575.4 | 5 | |
| Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse |  |
1912 | Tang Lung Chau 22°20′23.2″N 114°03′47.6″E / 22.339778°N 114.063222°E |
Fl W 5s. | 37 metres (121 ft) | 19520 | P3530.6 | 18 |
| Waglan Island Lighthouse |  |
1893 | Waglan Island 22°10′54.9″N 114°18′11.3″E / 22.181917°N 114.303139°E |
Fl (2) W 20s. | 69 metres (226 ft) | 19326 | P3578 | 24 |
| Wong Mau Chau Lighthouse | 1978 | Wong Mau Chau Islet 22°26′55.0″N 114°23′40.9″E / 22.448611°N 114.394694°E |
Fl R 5s. | 23 metres (75 ft) | 19296 | P3578.4 | 5 | |
| Yuen Kok Lighthouse | 1963, 1965 | Lamma Island 22°10′54.1″N 114°08′57.3″E / 22.181694°N 114.149250°E |
Fl W 5s. | 35 metres (115 ft) | 19412 | P3577.2 | 10[3] |
See also
References
- ^ Hong Kong The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 15 October 2016
- ^ a b c d e f List of Lights, Pub. 112: Western Pacific and Indian Oceans Including the Persian Gulf and Red Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 15 October 2016
- ^ Hong Kong The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 3 November 2016
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lighthouses in Hong Kong.
- Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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