Lighthouses in Djibouti
The beacons in Djibouti are used to secure navigation in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea .
beacon
| Surname | image | Construction year | Location & coordinates |
Today's identifier | height |
NGA number |
Admiralty number |
radius nml |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambouli Lighthouse | 1894 |
Djibouti (city) ⊙ |
QW | 20 m | 30988 | D7280 | 17th | |
| Banc de Salines Lighthouse | n / A | ⊙ | Fl (3) G 6s. | 3 m | 31032 | D7288 | 2 | |
| Fort Ayabele Lighthouse | 1894 | ⊙ | QW | 32 m | 30992 | D7280.1 | 19th | |
| Île Maskali Lighthouse | n / A |
Maskal ⊙ |
Fl (2) W 6s. | 24 m | 30972 | D7276 | 10 | |
| Île Moucha Lighthouse | 1899 est. |
Musha (island) ⊙ |
Fl (3) R 12s. | 20 m | 30968 | D7275 | 10 | |
| Mole du Fontainebleau Lighthouse | n / A | ⊙ | FR | 6 m | 31012 | D7289 | 2 | |
| Obock Lighthouse | n / A |
Obock ⊙ |
Fl R 4s. | 3 m | 30964 | D7273 | 8th | |
| Obock Range Front Lighthouse | n / A | ⊙ | QW | 30 m | 30956 | D7274 | 5 | |
| Port du Heron Range Front Lighthouse | n / A | ⊙ | QR | 7 m | 30996 | D7286 | n / A | |
| Port du Heron Range Rear Lighthouse | n / A | ⊙ | QR | 7 m | 31000 | D7286.1 | n / A | |
| Ra's Bir Lighthouse | 1952 | ⊙ | Fl (2) W 10s. | 74 m | 30952 | D7272 | 20th | |
| Récif d'Ambouli Lighthouse | n / A | ⊙ | Fl G 4s. | 3 m | 31008 | D7284 | 2 |
Individual evidence
- ^ Djibouti The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 15th September 2016.
Web links
Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.