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]
Jersey
- La Corbière Lighthouse
- Noirmont Point Light
Lighthouses
Name | Image | Location & coordinates |
Island | Year built | Tower height | Focal height | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alderney Lighthouse | Alderney 49.7292°N 2.1643°W | Alderney | 1912 | 32 m (105 ft) | 37 m (121 ft) | ||
Bréhon Tower | Little Roussel 49.4713°N 2.4883°W | Guernsey | 1856 | 7 m (23 ft) | 19 m (62 ft) | ||
La Corbière | Saint Brélade 49.1804°N 2.2458°W | Jersey | 1874 | 19 m (62 ft) | 36 m (118 ft) | ||
St Catherines Breakwater | Saint Martin, Jersey 49.2221°N 2.0107°W | Jersey | Unknown | 9 m (30 ft) | 18 m (59 ft) | ||
Crocq Pierhead | Saint Sampson, Guernsey 49.4829°N 2.5165°W | Guernsey | Unknown | 6 m (20 ft) | 11 m (36 ft) | ||
Castle Breakwater | Saint Peter Port Harbour 49.4549°N 2.5242°W | Guernsey | 1850s | 12 m (39 ft) | 14 m (46 ft) | ||
Casquets lighthouses | Les Casquets 49.7219°N 2.3769°W | Alderney | 1724 | 23 m (75 ft) | 37 m (121 ft) | ||
Demie de Pas | Saint Helier 49.1503°N 2.1025°W | Jersey | 1904 | 13 m (43 ft) | 11 m (36 ft) | ||
Gorey Pier | Gorey, Jersey 49.1968°N 2.0223°W | Jersey | 1966 | 9 m (30 ft) | 8 m (26 ft) | ||
Greve d'Azette | Saint Helier 49.1686°N 2.0844°W | Jersey | 1896 | 19 m (62 ft) | 23 m (75 ft) | ||
Les Hanois Lighthouse | Les Hanois 49.4336°N 2.7003°W | Guernsey | 1862 | 36 m (118 ft) | 34 m (112 ft) | ||
St Martins Point | Jerbourg Point 49.4218°N 2.5283°W | Guernsey | Unknown | 5 m (16 ft) | 15 m (49 ft) | ||
Noirmont Point Light | Saint Brélade 49.1652°N 2.1681°W | Jersey | 1915 | 10 m (33 ft) | 18 m (59 ft) | ||
Platte Fougere | Saint Sampson, Guernsey 49.5141°N 2.4852°W | Guernsey | 1910 | 25 m (82 ft) | 25 m (82 ft) | ||
Platte | Little Roussel 49.4875°N 2.4979°W | Guernsey | Unknown | 6 m (20 ft) | 9 m (30 ft) | ||
Roustel | Little Roussel 49.4872°N 2.4803°W | Guernsey | 1970 | 8 m (26 ft) | 10 m (33 ft) | ||
Sark Lighthouse | Point Robert 49.4364°N 2.3455°W | Sark | 1913 | 17 m (56 ft) | 65 m (213 ft) | ||
Sorel Point | Vingtaine du Douet (St John) 49.2601°N 2.1589°W | Jersey | 1938 | 3 m (10 ft) | 50 m (164 ft) | ||
St Sampsons South Pier, Range Rear | Saint Sampson, Guernsey 49.4825°N 2.5177°W | Guernsey | 1874 | 12 m (39 ft) | 13 m (43 ft) | ||
Tautenay | Herm 49.5017°N 2.4469°W | Herm | Unknown | 8 m (26 ft) | 7 m (23 ft) | ||
Mount Ube | Saint Helier 49.1716°N 2.0601°W | Jersey | 1896 | 14 m (46 ft) | 46 m (151 ft) | ||
Victoria Marina | Saint Peter Port Harbour 49.4554°N 2.5340°W | Guernsey | Unknown | 7 m (23 ft) | 10 m (33 ft) | ||
White Rock Pier | Saint Peter Port Harbour 49.4563°N 2.5265°W | Guernsey | 1908 | 10 m (33 ft) | 11 m (36 ft) | ||
See also
- Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
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.
External links
- Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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