List of lighthouses in Egypt

This is a list of lighthouses in Egypt, which are located along both the Mediterranean and Red Sea coastlines of this North African country. The list includes active maritime lighthouses that are named landfall lights, or that have a range of at least fifteen nautical miles. The Admiralty number is that used in Admiralty List of Lights and Fog Signals Light List.^[1]

Lighthouses on the Mediterranean Sea

The following lighthouses are located on or near the Mediterranean Sea.

Name	Location & coordinates	Year built	Tower height (metres)	Focal height (metres)	Range (nmi)	Admiralty no.
Burullus Lighthouse	31°36′0″N 31°4′48″E	1992	39	47	20	E6162
Damietta Lighthouse	31°31′24″N 31°50′54″E	1992	39	47	20	E6156
El Agami Lighthouse	31°8′54″N 29°47′12″E		14	17	15	E6173.50
El Arish Lighthouse	31°9′3″N 33°49′59″E	1997	20	39	18	E5973
El Bahar Tower Lighthouse	31°18′6″N 32°21′36″E	2008	42	42	15	E5978.60
El Dikheila Range Rear Lighthouse	31°8′0″N 29°48′42″E		27	31	17	E6191.10
El Max Old Lighthouse	31°9′25″N 29°50′51″E	1894
Great Pass Beacon Lighthouse	31°10′0″N 29°48′30″E		21	21	16	E6174
Montaza Palace Lighthouse	31°17′25″N 30°1′8″E
Port Said Lighthouse	31°15′50″N 32°18′42″E	1869	56	47	20	N5978
Ras el Shaqiq Lighthouse	30°57′18″N 28°49′42″E	1987	15	47	20	E6193
Ras el-Tin Lighthouse	31°11′42″N 29°51′42″E	1848	55	52	21	E6173
Raschid Lighthouse	31°26′36″N 30°25′48″E	1991	15	47	20	E6166

Lighthouses on the Red Sea

The following lighthouses are located on or near the Red Sea.

Name	Location & coordinates	Year built	Tower height (metres)	Focal height (metres)	Range (nmi)	Admiralty no.
Ashrafi Juzur Lighthouse	27°47′24″N 33°42′24″E	1940	26	38	17	D7296.74
Ayn Sukhnah Lighthouse	29°36′6″N 32°20′30″E	2008	39	44	22	D7297.05
Birket Misallat Lighthouse	29°54′24″N 32°35′36″E		39	42	18	D7297.28
Bluff Point Lighthouse	27°40′48″N 33°48′24″E		10	24	15	D7296.72
Brothers Islands Lighthouse	26°18′52″N 34°50′37″E	1883	31	36	17	D7296.2
Dahab Lighthouse	28°30′0″N 34°31′12″E		10	20	15	D7297.77
Daedalus Reef Lighthouse	24°55′24″N 35°51′30″E	1931	30	30	15	D7296.1
El Ghardaqa Range Front	27°12′18″N 33°50′30″E		18	76	18	D7296.521
El Ghardaqa Range Rear Lighthouse	27°12′30″N 33°50′30″E		15	55	18	D7296.52
El Mallaha Lighthouse	28°14′48″N 33°9′36″E		10	12	15	D7296.85
Enterprise Passage Lighthouse	27°58′48″N 34°26′12″E		10	13	15	D7297.67
False Ras Gharib Lighthouse	28°30′54″N 32°57′36″E		10	11	15	D7296.97
Giftun el-Saghir Lighthouse	27°11′54″N 33°59′0″E		25	31	16	D7296.5
Jazirat Shakir Lighthouse	27°27′0″N 34°2′12″E	1889	20	37	22	D7296.7
Lahata Lighthouse	29°40′24″N 32°41′12″E		39	47	18	D7297.31
Nuweibah Lighthouse	29°1′42″N 34°39′12″E		10	46	15	D7297.79
Qad Ibn Haddan Lighthouse	27°48′12″N 34°6′0″E	1987	39	47	22	D7296.725
Qadd el Tawila Lighthouse	29°47′48″N 32°38′24″E		39	47	18	D7297.3
Ras Abu Darag Lighthouse	29°22′48″N 32°33′48″E	1926	30	50	19	D7297.01
Ras Abu Sawmah Lighthouse	26°51′6″N 34°0′6″E		28	30	16	D7296.4
Ras Dib Lighthouse	28°1′48″N 33°24′54″E		10	45	15	D7296.78
Ras Gharib Lighthouse	28°21′6″N 33°6′36″E	1987	39	46	22	D7296.95
Ras Muhaggara Lighthouse	29°48′36″N 32°28′12″E		39	43	18	D7297.09
Ras Muhammad Lighthouse	27°43′36″N 34°14′54″E		10	15	15	D7296.724
Ras Ruahmi Lighthouse	28°43′12″N 32°49′24″E		24	22	15	D7296.98
Ras Shukier Lighthouse	28°7′54″N 33°16′30″E		17	85	22	D7296.8
Ras Umm Sidd Lighthouse	27°51′0″N 34°18′48″E	1987	17	45	22	D7297.62
Zafarana lighthouse	29°6′42″N 32°39′54″E	1862	25	25	17	D7297
Ras Zeit Lighthouse	27°57′0″N 33°30′36″E		10	28	15	D7296.77
Siyal Island Lighthouse	27°33′36″N 33°52′48″E		10	15	15	D7296.65
Umm El-Kiman Lighthouse	27°49′36″N 33°34′54″E		10	24	15	D7296.75
Umm Qamar Lighthouse	27°21′30″N 33°54′30″E		12	24	15	D7296.58