Pacific Islands
Lighting the lamps…
Chart layers
Hawaii, Guam and Micronesia, Melanesia from New Guinea to Fiji, and Polynesia.
The count
- Lighthouses
- 138
- With a light listed
- 118
- Countries and territories
- 15
- Papua New Guinea50
- United States22
- Fiji21
- French Polynesia15
- New Caledonia11
- Samoa3
- United States Minor Outlying Islands3
- Coral Sea Islands2
- Kiribati2
- Micronesia2
and 5 more
Longest reach
The lights in this region seen farthest out to sea, by their nominal range in the Lists of Lights.
Pointe Vénus Lighthouse
French Polynesia, first lit 1867
27 nm
Fl W 5sPuareti
New Caledonia
24 nm
Fl(4) W 15sBarbers Point Light
United States, first lit 1888
24 nm
Fl W 7.5sVatoa Lighthouse
Fiji
21 nm
Fl W 5sTotoya Lighthouse
Fiji
20 nm
Fl(3) W 10sRecif Kopuapiro, Mota Maherehonae
French Polynesia
20 nm
Fl W 5sAmédée lighthouse
New Caledonia, first lit 1862
20 nm
Fl(2) W 10sOinake
Papua New Guinea
20 nm
Fl W 10s
Every lighthouse in Pacific Islands
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