List of lighthouses in Mexico

This is a list of lighthouses in Mexico. They are located along the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean coastlines of the country. These are named landfall lights, or those with a range of over fifteen nautical miles.[1][2]

Lighthouses edit

Name Image Location
coordinates
Year built Tower height (m) Focal height (m) Range (nmi) NGA Number
Arrecife Santiaguillo Lighthouse[3]   Arrecife Santiaguillo
19°8′36″N 95°48′30″W
1934323222110-15436
Benito Juárez Lighthouse[3]   19°12′7″N 96°8′19″W1872[4]23
Cabo Catoche Lighthouse[5]  21°36′18″N 87°6′6″W141515111-15664
Cabo Corrientes Lighthouse[6]   Cabo Corrientes
20°24′33″N 105°41′39″W
1903[4]189318111-15080
Cabo Falso Lighthouse[7]   Baja California
22°52′40″N 109°57′34″W[8]
19676190[9]30[9]111-14548
Cabo Haro Lighthouse[10]  Guaymas
27°50′24″N 110°53′6″W
710722111-14824
Cabo San Lucas Lighthouse[7]  Cabo San Lucas
22°52′48″N 109°54′42″W
02615111-14553
Cabo Tepoca Lighthouse[10]  30°16′18″N 112°51′6″W183915111-14786
Cazones Lighthouse[3]   Cazones de Herrera
20°43′18″N 97°12′0″W
1970s162615110-15332
Celestún Lighthouse[11]   Celestún
20°51′33″N 90°24′6″W
188310
Celestún Lighthouse[11]   Celestún19051221110-15588
Cerro del Gavilan Lighthouse[3]  Coatzacoalcos
18°9′0″N 94°24′0″W
1454[4]18110-15464
Cerro Partido Lighthouse[10]  Topolobampo
25°32′0″N 109°6′6″W
59522111-14920
Dzilam de Bravo Lighthouse[10]   Dzilam de Bravo Municipality
21°23′40″N 88°53′12″W[12]
18[9]10[9]110-15636
Frontera Lighthouse[11]  Frontera
18°36′48″N 92°41′18″W
1882293015110-15504
Gran Puerto de Cancún Lighthouse[5]   Puerto Juárez
21°11′0″N 86°48′24″W
2005585824110-15694
Huatulco Lighthouse[13]   Santa María Huatulco
15°44′18″N 96°7′42″W
156015111-15260
Isla Contoy Lighthouse[5]  Quintana Roo
21°31′44″N 86°48′9″W
19313233[4]21110-15668
Isla de Lobos Lighthouse[14]  Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
21°28′12″N 97°13′36″W
223220110-15276
Isla de Sacrificios Lighthouse[3]   Isla de Sacrificios
19°10′30″N 96°5′30″W
1960s394222110-15380
Islas de Todos Santos Lighthouse[15]   Isla Todos Santos
31°48′42″N 116°48′30″W
304822111-14364
Isla Maria Madre Lighthouse[16]  Isla María Madre
21°36′36″N 106°32′0″W
76217111-15028
Isla Natividad Lighthouse  Isla Natividad
27°52′24″N 115°10′42″W
19381611220111-14456
Isla Pérez Lighthouse   Isla Pérez
22°23′0″N 89°41′0″W
1899182120110-15596
Islas San Benito Lighthouse  Islas San Benito
28°18′31″N 115°35′57″W
193417
Islas San Benito Lighthouse  Islas San Benito
28°18′19″N 115°35′42″W
20097212[4]30111-14412
La Barra Lighthouse  Barra Norte
20°58′24″N 97°18′30″W
222415110-15304
La Roqueta Island Lighthouse   La Roqueta
16°49′12″N 99°54′24″W
1511525111-15208
Lazaro Cardenas Lighthouse  Lázaro Cárdenas
17°55′18″N 102°10′6″W
3540[4]19111-15160
Majahual Lighthouse   Costa Maya
18°43′54″N 87°41′42″W
2006222220110-15782
Malecón Lighthouse   Puerto Vallarta
20°36′37″N 105°14′5″W
193210
Matamoros Lighthouse   Puerto Vallarta
20°36′33″N 105°14′1″W
193212[4]
Mazatlán Lighthouse   Mazatlán
23°10′40″N 106°25′39″W
18791115733111-14964
Mezquital Lighthouse  Matamoros
25°15′0″N 97°26′24″W
2013[4]2625[4]18110-15203.1
Morro de Salinas Lighthouse  Port of Salina Cruz
16°9′42″N 95°12′12″W
1896148320111-15272
Playa del Carmen Lighthouse   Playa del Carmen
20°37′34″N 87°4′17″W
Progreso Lighthouse   Progreso
21°17′6″N 89°39′48″W
1893333520110-15620
Puerto Angel Lighthouse   Puerto Ángel
15°38′48″N 96°31′18″W
1900145620111-15256
Puerto Arista Lighthouse   Puerto Arista
15°56′49″N 93°50′7″W[9]
111-15308
Puerto Escondido Lighthouse  15°51′0″N 97°4′42″W193615401615252
Puerto Madero Lighthouse  14°42′18″N 92°24′36″W22241515324
Puerto Morelos Lighthouse   Puerto Morelos
20°50′53″N 86°52′31″W
1988141615110-15704
Puerto Morelos Lighthouse   Puerto Morelos
20°50′53″N 86°52′31″W
194610
Puerto Penasco Lighthouse  31°17′6″N 113°34′42″W9971714778
Punta Arena de la Ventana Lighthouse  24°3′18″N 109°49′48″W200925151814572
Punta Brujas Lighthouse  16°48′54″N 99°52′36″W4402015224
Punta Campos Lighthouse  19°1′18″N 104°20′6″W111092015140
Punta Cancun Lighthouse   Quintana Roo
21°8′17″N 86°44′27″W
110-15696
Celarain Lighthouse   Punta Sur
20°16′24″N 86°59′18″W
193425321515744
Punta Delgada Lighthouse  19°51′24″N 96°27′42″W22461815352
Punta Farrallon Lighthouse  19°22′24″N 105°1′42″W22621515088
Punta Garrobo Lighthouse  17°37′6″N 101°32′54″W1939131151815180
Punta Graham Lighthouse  19°10′30″N 104°41′24″W112002015092
Punta Jerez Lighthouse  22°53′36″N 97°45′48″W199020222015212
Punta Maldonado Lighthouse  16°19′12″N 98°34′18″W15401515240
Punta Morro Lighthouse  19°40′30″N 90°42′6″W189616541815552
Punta Palmas Lighthouse  21°3′42″N 90°15′6″W195039422015592
Punta Piedra Lighthouse  24°29′12″N 97°44′30″W200925281815207
Punta Prieta Lighthouse  24°13′12″N 110°18′42″W20301514588
Punta Roca Partida Lighthouse   
Punta San Telmo Lighthouse  18°19′48″N 103°29′42″W12701815152
Rio Lagartos Lighthouse   Yucatán
21°36′6″N 88°12′24″W
20221615644
San Bartolo Hill Lighthouse  19°49′0″N 90°35′0″W12781815564
San Blas Lighthouse  21°32′12″N 105°18′42″W14441815012
San Felipe Lighthouse   31°3′0″N 114°49′0″W22441814756
San Jose del Cabo Lighthouse  23°3′54″N 109°39′54″W10361514560
San Miguel de Cozumel Lighthouse  20°29′42″N 86°57′48″W200036371515732
Tampico Lighthouse  22°15′48″N 97°47′42″W188340432415220
Tecolutla lighthouse   Tecolutla
20°28′30″N 97°0′12″W
23251515336
Tijuana Lighthouse   Playas de Tijuana
32°31′48″N 117°7′0″W
22402014338
Venustiano Carranza Lighthouse   19°12′6″N 96°8′0″W
Xicalango Lighthouse   Campeche
18°37′41″N 91°54′0″W
283218110-15516

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015. p. 167.
  2. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 111: The West Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015. p. 269.
  3. ^ a b c d e Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Central Gulf Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Russ Rowlett, Lighthouse Directory, Wikidata Q23581832
  5. ^ a b c Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Caribbean Coast (Quintana Roo)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  6. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Northwest Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  7. ^ a b Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Southwestern Baja California". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  8. ^ http://listoflights.org/leuchtfeuer/detail?id=25164
  9. ^ a b c d e NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Wikidata Q13872896
  10. ^ a b c d Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Northwest Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  11. ^ a b c Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Southern Gulf Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  12. ^ http://listoflights.org/leuchtfeuer/detail?id=46459
  13. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: South Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  14. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Northern Gulf Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  15. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Northwestern Baja California". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  16. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: West Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

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