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″S 13°57′20″E 1955-11 23 m tower 30 m MSL [1]
Diaz Point Lüderitz 26°38′11″S 15°05′37″E 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 1975 15 m pole 21.8 m MSL discontinued 1989-02 [2]
Möwe Point 19°22′47.85″S 12°42′29.02″E 1979-02-05 10 m pole 29.2 m MSL [4]
Pelican Point Walvis Bay 22°53′26″S 14°26′12″E 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 ~1903 28 m masonry tower 35 m HW [7][6]
Terrace Bay 20°02′55.32″S 13°03′09.91″E 1979-02-13 6 m pole 36.9 m MSL [4]
Toscanini 20°49′57.94″S 13°23′48.16″E 1975-05 15 m pole 25.9 m MSL discontinued 1989-06 [1]
  • Swakopmund Lighthouse
  • Pelican Point Lighthouse
  • Dias Point Lighthouse
  • Original Shark Island Lighthouse

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.
  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.

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

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