List of lighthouses in Israel

The lighthouses of Israel are all located along the coastline. The total length of the Israeli coastline is 273 kilometres (170 mi).^[1] Most of the coastline is facing west on the Mediterranean Sea, with a short coastline at the southern tip of the country, on the Gulf of Aqaba. Israel's main ports are the Port of Haifa and the Port of Ashdod on the Mediterranean, and the Port of Eilat on the Gulf of Aqaba.^[2] All lighthouses except Eilat Light are located along the Mediterranean coast, between Ashkelon in the south and Akko in the north. Active lighthouses in Israel are maintained by the Israeli Shipping and Ports Authority, a statutory authority within the Ministry of Transport and Road Safety.^[3]

The lighthouses of Israel are included in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's List of Lights publication 113^[4] for the Mediterranean Sea and 112^[5] for the Gulf of Aqaba. They are listed by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office on volume E of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals.^[6] They are also listed on The Lighthouse Directory^[2] and on the ARLHS World List of Lights.^[7] The listing below follows The Lighthouse Directory's inclusion criteria, namely, it includes lightbeacons having a height of at least 4 metres (13 ft) and a cross-section, at the base, of at least 4 square metres (43 sq ft) (a lightbeacon is defined as a beacon displaying a light, where a beacon itself is a fixed, that is, not floating, aid to navigation).^[8] The listing is from north to south.

Mediterranean Sea

Gulf of Aqaba

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