List of lighthouses in the Channel Islands
This is a list of lighthouses in the Channel Islands. The archipelago lies to the west of the Cotentin Peninsula in the English Channel. There are lighthouses on all of the four main islands: Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey and Sark.[1][2][3]
Lighthouses in the Bailiwick of Guernsey
| Name | Image | Location & coordinates |
Year built | Tower height (in metres) |
Focal height ( in metres) |
Admiralty number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alderney Lighthouse | Alderney 🌍 | 1912 | 32 | 37 | A1536 | |
| Bréhon Tower | Guernsey 🌍 | 1856 | 7 | 19[4] | A1559 | |
| Crocq Pierhead lighthouse | Saint Sampson 🌍 | 6 | 11 | A1554 | ||
| Castle Breakwater Lighthouse | Saint Peter Port 🌍 | 1850s | 12 | 14 | A1560 | |
| Casquets lighthouses | Alderney 🌍 | 1724[5] | 23[5] | 37[6][5] | A1532 | |
| Les Hanois Lighthouse | Torteval 🌍 | 1862[7] | 36 | 33[6] | A1580 | |
| St Martins Point Lighthouse | Jerbourg Point 🌍 | 5 | 15 | A1574 | ||
| Platte Fougère lighthouse | Saint Sampson 🌍[8] | 1910 | 25 | 25 | A1548 | |
| Platte lighthouse | Little Roussel 🌍 | 6 | 9 | A1550 | ||
| Roustel Beacon | Little Roussel 🌍 | 1970 | 8 | 10 | A1552 | |
| Sark Lighthouse | Point Robert 🌍 | 1913 | 17 | 65[6] | A1544 | |
| St Sampsons South Pier, Range Rear | Saint Sampson 🌍 | 1874 | 12 | 13 | A1558.1 | |
| Tautenay Lighthouse | Herm 🌍 | 8 | 7 | A1548.5 | ||
| Victoria Marina Lighthouse | Saint Peter Port Harbour 🌍 | 7 | 10 | A1569 | ||
| White Rock Pier Lighthouse | Saint Peter Port Harbour 🌍 | 1908 | 10 | 11 | A1562 |
Lighthouses in the Bailiwick of Jersey
| Name | Image | Location & coordinates |
Year built | Tower height (in metres) |
Focal height (in metres) |
Admiralty number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Corbière Lighthouse | La Corbière 🌍 | 1874 | 19 | 36[6] | A1620 | |
| St. Catherine's Breakwater Lighthouse | Saint Martin 🌍 | 9 | 18 | A1586 | ||
| Demie de Pas Lighthouse | Saint Helier 🌍 | 1904 | 13 | 11 | A1598 | |
| Gorey Pier Lighthouse | Gorey 🌍 | 1966 | 9 | 8 | A1588 | |
| Greve d'Azette Lighthouse | Saint Helier 🌍 | 1896 | 19 | 23 | A1594 | |
| La Tour de Vinde | Saint Brelade 🌍 | 1915 | 10 | 18 | A1616 | |
| Sorel Point Lighthouse | Saint John 🌍 | 1938 | 3 | 49.7 | A1584 | |
| Mount Ube lighthouse | Saint Helier 🌍 | 1896 | 14 | 46 | A1594.1 |
See also
References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Jersey". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Guernsey". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ List of Lights, Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2014. p. 124.
- ^ NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Wikidata Q13872896
- ^ a b c https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels/casquets-lighthouse
- ^ a b c d Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2014. ISBN 978-1-4081-9330-3. OL 32692860M. Wikidata Q25198336.
- ^ Tom Nancollas (2018). Seashaken Houses. ISBN 978-1-84614-938-2. OL 28716637M. Wikidata Q80678896.
- ^ OpenStreetMap (in multiple languages), 9 August 2004, Wikidata Q936
External links
- Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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