TheStatesman’s Ledger

Lighthouses of the World

Red Sea, the Gulf & South Asia

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Chart layers

OpenSeaMap seamarksBuoys, beacons and light symbols, from zoom 6NOAA chartsOfficial US charts (ENC), in US waters, from zoom 7

The Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea, the Caspian, and the coasts of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

The count

Lighthouses: 542
With a light listed: 402
Countries and territories: 37

India220
Egypt48
Iran33
Sri Lanka27
Pakistan17
Kazakhstan15
Saudi Arabia15
Azerbaijan14
Iraq13
Turkmenistan13

and 27 more

Longest reach

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

Diu Head
India
32 nm
Fl W 10s
Dolphin's Nose lighthouse
India, first lit 1940
32 nm
Fl W 10s
Surathkal Lighthouse
India, first lit 1972
31 nm
Fl W 10s
Vizhinjam Lighthouse
India, first lit 1972
31 nm
Fl W 15s
Light House Dwarka
India
30 nm
Fl(2) W 20s
Mahabalipuram Lighthouse
India, first lit 1900
30 nm
Fl W 10s
Kanyakumari Lighthouse
India, first lit 1971
29 nm
Fl(2) W 20s
Rajapur Bay Lighthouse
India, first lit 1873
29 nm
Fl W 15s

Every lighthouse in Red Sea, the Gulf & South Asia

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