List of lighthouses in Tunisia
This is a list of lighthouses in Tunisia, which are located along the Mediterranean coastline, and on a number of Tunisian islands. The list includes those marine lighthouses that are named landfall lights, or have a range of at least fifteen nautical miles.[1][2]
Lighthouses
| Name | Image | Location Coordinates |
Year built | Tower height | Focal height | Range nml |
NGA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap Bon Lighthouse |  | Cap Bon 37°04′42″N 11°02′42″E / 37.0783°N 11.045°E | 1875 | 20 m (66 ft) | 126 m (413 ft) | 30 nmi (56 km) | 21984 |
| Cap Serrat Lighthouse |  | Cap Serrat, Bizerte 37°13′54″N 9°12′36″E / 37.2317°N 9.21°E | 1890 | 13 m (43 ft) | 199 m (653 ft) | 24 nmi (44 km) | 22136 |
| Gabès |  | Gabès 33°53′36″N 10°06′48″E / 33.8933°N 10.1133°E | 1893 | 11 m (36 ft) | 13 m (43 ft) | 20 nmi (37 km) | 21820 |
| Galiton de l'Ouest | Galite Islands 37°29′54″N 8°52′36″E / 37.4983°N 8.8767°E | 1920 | 14 m (46 ft) | 168 m (551 ft) | 24 nmi (44 km) | 22144 | |
| Hammamet Lighthouse |  | Hammamet 36°23′42″N 10°36′54″E / 36.395°N 10.615°E | 1912 | 14 m (46 ft) | 17 m (56 ft) | 15 nmi (28 km) | 21976 |
| Ile Kuriat Lighthouse |  | Kuriat, Monastir 35°47′54″N 11°02′00″E / 35.7983°N 11.0333°E | 1894 | 26 m (85 ft) | 30 m (98 ft) | 18 nmi (33 km) | 21920 |
| Ile Plane Lighthouse |  | Ile Plane, Ghar al Milh 37°10′54″N 10°19′42″E / 37.1817°N 10.3283°E | 1888 | 12 m (39 ft) | 20 m (66 ft) | 15 nmi (28 km) | 22056 |
| Iles Cani Lighthouse |  | Gran Ile Cani, Cap Zebib 37°21′24″N 10°07′24″E / 37.3567°N 10.1233°E | 1860 | 21 m (69 ft) | 39 m (128 ft) | 19 nmi (35 km) | 22064 |
| Kelibia Lighthouse |  | Kelibia 36°50′12″N 11°07′00″E / 36.8367°N 11.1167°E | 1888 | 18 m (59 ft) | 82 m (269 ft) | 23 nmi (43 km) | 21980 |
| Mahdia Lighthouse | .jpg) | Mahdia 35°30′30″N 11°04′54″E / 35.5083°N 11.0817°E | 1890 | 15 m (49 ft) | 26 m (85 ft) | 17 nmi (31 km) | 21904 |
| Ras Enghela Lighthouse |  | Cape Angela 37°20′42″N 9°44′18″E / 37.345°N 9.7383°E | 1890 | 15 m (49 ft) | 38 m (125 ft) | 28 nmi (52 km) | 22132 |
| Ras Kaboudia Lighthouse | Chebba 35°14′00″N 11°09′24″E / 35.2333°N 11.1567°E | Unknown | 18 m (59 ft) | 28 m (92 ft) | 19 nmi (35 km) | 21900 | |
| Ras Taguerness Lighthouse |  | Djerba 33°49′18″N 11°02′42″E / 33.8217°N 11.045°E | 1895 | 49 m (161 ft) | 64 m (210 ft) | 24 nmi (44 km) | 21764 |
| Ras Thyna Lighthouse |  | Thyna 34°39′00″N 10°41′06″E / 34.65°N 10.685°E | 1895 | 44 m (144 ft) | 55 m (180 ft) | 24 nmi (44 km) | 21836 |
| Sidi Bou Said Lighthouse |  | Sidi Bou Said 36°52′18″N 10°20′54″E / 36.8717°N 10.3483°E | 1840 | 12 m (39 ft) | 146 m (479 ft) | 22 nmi (41 km) | 22040 |
| Sousse Lighthouse |  | Sousse 35°49′24″N 10°38′18″E / 35.8233°N 10.6383°E | 1890 | 22 m (72 ft) | 70 m (230 ft) | 22 nmi (41 km) | 21956 |
| Tabarka Lighthouse |  | Tabarka 36°57′48″N 8°45′30″E / 36.9633°N 8.7583°E | 1906 | 14 m (46 ft) | 72 m (236 ft) | 17 nmi (31 km) | 22148 |
See also
- List of lighthouses in Algeria (to the west)
- List of lighthouses in Libya (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. 382.
- ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Tunisia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
External links
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