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Lighthouses of the World

Western Europe & the Atlantic Islands

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Chart layers

The Channel and Biscay coasts of France, the Low Countries, Germany's North Sea, Iberia's Atlantic shore, and the Azores, Madeira and Canaries.

The count

Lighthouses
1,233
With a light listed
948
Countries and territories
8
  • France371
  • Spain298
  • Germany263
  • Portugal168
  • Netherlands70
  • Austria29
  • Switzerland18
  • Belgium16

Longest reach

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

  1. Selvagem Pequena, Radio Atlantico

    Spain

    40 nm

    Oc R 3s

  2. Los Rodeos

    Spain

    37 nm

    Fl W 5s

  3. Faro de Cabo Peñas

    Spain, first lit 1852

    35 nm

    Fl(3) W 15s

  4. Cabo de São Vicente Lighthouse

    Portugal, first lit 1846

    32 nm

    Fl W 5s

  5. Phare d'Ailly

    France, first lit 1958

    31 nm

    Fl(3) W 20s

  6. Lighthouse Créac'h

    France, first lit 1863

    30 nm

    Fl(2) W 10s

  7. Campener Lighthouse

    Germany, first lit 1891

    30 nm

    F W

  8. Ameland Lighthouse

    Netherlands, first lit 1880

    30 nm

    Fl(3) W 15s

Every lighthouse in Western Europe & the Atlantic Islands

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