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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.

  1. Pointe Vénus Lighthouse

    French Polynesia, first lit 1867

    27 nm

    Fl W 5s
  2. Puareti

    New Caledonia

    24 nm

    Fl(4) W 15s
  3. Barbers Point Light

    United States, first lit 1888

    24 nm

    Fl W 7.5s
  4. Vatoa Lighthouse

    Fiji

    21 nm

    Fl W 5s
  5. Totoya Lighthouse

    Fiji

    20 nm

    Fl(3) W 10s
  6. Recif Kopuapiro, Mota Maherehonae

    French Polynesia

    20 nm

    Fl W 5s
  7. Amédée lighthouse

    New Caledonia, first lit 1862

    20 nm

    Fl(2) W 10s
  8. Oinake

    Papua New Guinea

    20 nm

    Fl W 10s

Every lighthouse in Pacific Islands

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