List of lighthouses in Tunisia
This is a list of lighthouses in Tunisia, which are located along the Mediterranean coastline, and on a number of Tunisian islands. The list includes those marine lighthouses that are named landfall lights, or have a range of at least fifteen nautical miles.[1][2]
Lighthouses
| Name | Image | Location & Coordinates |
Year built | Tower height | Focal height | Range nml |
NGA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap Bon Lighthouse |  | Cap Bon 37.0783°N 11.045°E | 1875 | 20 m (66 ft) | 126 m (413 ft) | 30 nmi (56 km) | 21984 |
| Cap Serrat Lighthouse |  | Cap Serrat, Bizerte 37.2317°N 9.21°E | 1890 | 13 m (43 ft) | 199 m (653 ft) | 24 nmi (44 km) | 22136 |
| Gabès |  | Gabès 33.8933°N 10.1133°E | 1893 | 11 m (36 ft) | 13 m (43 ft) | 20 nmi (37 km) | 21820 |
| Galiton de l'Ouest | Galite Islands 37.4983°N 8.8767°E | 1920 | 14 m (46 ft) | 168 m (551 ft) | 24 nmi (44 km) | 22144 | |
| Hammamet Lighthouse |  | Hammamet 36.395°N 10.615°E | 1912 | 14 m (46 ft) | 17 m (56 ft) | 15 nmi (28 km) | 21976 |
| Ile Kuriat Lighthouse |  | Kuriat, Monastir 35.7983°N 11.0333°E | 1894 | 26 m (85 ft) | 30 m (98 ft) | 18 nmi (33 km) | 21920 |
| Ile Plane Lighthouse |  | Plane Island, Ghar al Milh 37.1817°N 10.3283°E | 1888 | 12 m (39 ft) | 20 m (66 ft) | 15 nmi (28 km) | 22056 |
| Iles Cani Lighthouse |  | Gran Ile Cani, Cap Zebib 37.3567°N 10.1233°E | 1860 | 21 m (69 ft) | 39 m (128 ft) | 19 nmi (35 km) | 22064 |
| Kelibia Lighthouse |  | Kelibia 36.8367°N 11.1167°E | 1888 | 18 m (59 ft) | 82 m (269 ft) | 23 nmi (43 km) | 21980 |
| Mahdia Lighthouse | .jpg.webp) | Mahdia 35.5083°N 11.0817°E | 1890 | 15 m (49 ft) | 26 m (85 ft) | 17 nmi (31 km) | 21904 |
| Ras Enghela Lighthouse |  | Cape Angela 37.345°N 9.7383°E | 1890 | 15 m (49 ft) | 38 m (125 ft) | 28 nmi (52 km) | 22132 |
| Ras Kaboudia Lighthouse | Chebba 35.2333°N 11.1567°E | Unknown | 18 m (59 ft) | 28 m (92 ft) | 19 nmi (35 km) | 21900 | |
| Ras Taguerness Lighthouse |  | Djerba 33.8217°N 11.045°E | 1895 | 49 m (161 ft) | 64 m (210 ft) | 24 nmi (44 km) | 21764 |
| Ras Thyna Lighthouse |  | Thyna 34.65°N 10.685°E | 1895 | 44 m (144 ft) | 55 m (180 ft) | 24 nmi (44 km) | 21836 |
| Sidi Bou Said Lighthouse |  | Sidi Bou Said 36.8717°N 10.3483°E | 1840 | 12 m (39 ft) | 146 m (479 ft) | 22 nmi (41 km) | 22040 |
| Sousse Lighthouse |  | Sousse 35.8233°N 10.6383°E | 1890 | 22 m (72 ft) | 70 m (230 ft) | 22 nmi (41 km) | 21956 |
| Tabarka Lighthouse |  | Tabarka 36.9633°N 8.7583°E | 1906 | 14 m (46 ft) | 72 m (236 ft) | 17 nmi (31 km) | 22148 |
See also
- List of lighthouses in Algeria (to the west)
- List of lighthouses in Libya (to the east)
- Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
References
- List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2014. p. 382.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Tunisia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
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