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Lighthouses of the World

The Arctic & Antarctic

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Chart layers

Greenland, Svalbard, the Russian and Canadian Arctic, and the far southern islands and Antarctica.

The count

Lighthouses
612
With a light listed
313
Countries and territories
6
  • Russia502
  • Canada65
  • Greenland28
  • Norway8
  • Antarctica6
  • French Southern and Antarctic Lands3

Longest reach

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

  1. Kharlovskiy

    Russia

    26 nm

    Fl(3) W 13.8s

  2. Mys Yurovatyy, W

    Russia

    26 nm

    Fl(2) W 8.6s

  3. Городецкий

    Russia

    26 nm

    Fl(3) W 13.8s

  4. Никодимский маяк

    Russia

    24 nm

    Fl(2) W 15s

  5. Tersko-Orlovsky Mayak

    Russia

    23 nm

    Fl(2) W 6s

  6. Mys Kanin Nos

    Russia

    22 nm

    Fl(2) W 13.8s

  7. Mys Set'Navolok

    Russia

    22 nm

    Al.Q RRRGGG 10s

  8. Svyatonossky lighthouse

    Russia, first lit 1858

    22 nm

    Fl(2) W 15s

Every lighthouse in The Arctic & Antarctic

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