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Lighthouses of the World

Mediterranean & Black Sea

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Chart layers

Every Mediterranean shore from Gibraltar to the Levant, the Aegean, and the Black Sea.

The count

Lighthouses
2,283
With a light listed
1,890
Countries and territories
33
  • Greece628
  • Italy400
  • Spain208
  • Turkey189
  • France160
  • Croatia131
  • Russia101
  • Ukraine93
  • Algeria54
  • Bulgaria42

and 23 more

Longest reach

The lights in this region seen farthest out to sea, by their nominal range in the Lists of Lights.

  1. Tetouan

    Morocco

    54 nm

    Fl W 5s
  2. Far de Sant Sebastià

    Spain, first lit 1857

    32 nm

    Fl W 5s
  3. Cap Ivi Lighthouse

    Algeria

    31 nm

    Fl W 5s
  4. Cap Ténès

    Algeria, first lit 1861

    31 nm

    Fl(2) W 10s
  5. La Garoupe lighthouse

    France

    31 nm

    Fl(2) W 10s
  6. Cap Bengut Lighthouse

    Algeria, first lit 2010

    30 nm

    Fl(4) W 15s
  7. Savudrija Lighthouse

    Croatia, first lit 1818

    30 nm

    Fl(3) W 15s
  8. Stončica Lighthouse

    Croatia, first lit 1865

    30 nm

    Fl W 15s

Every lighthouse in Mediterranean & Black Sea

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