List of lighthouses in Saudi Arabia

This is a list of lighthouses in Saudi Arabia. The total length of the Saudi Arabian coastline is 2,640 kilometres (1,640 mi)^[1] with two coastlines: a long west coast on the Red Sea and a shorter east coast on the Persian Gulf.

Active lighthouses in Saudi Arabia are maintained by the Saudi Ports Authority. There are about 633 navigational aids, of which 72% are solar-powered.^[2]

The lighthouses of Saudi Arabia are listed in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency List of Lights publication 112.^[3] They are listed by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office on volume E of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals.^[4] They are also listed on The Lighthouse Directory^[5] and on the ARLHS World List of Lights.^[6]

This list is based on The Lighthouse Directory.^[5]

Red Sea lighthouses

• Jaza'ir Sila Light - about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Al Muwaylih
• Schermo Reef Light - about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Yanbu
• Yanbu South Light - southern approach channel to the port of Yanbu, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) south southeast of Yanbu
• Shib al Khamsa Light - about 175 kilometres (109 mi) north of Jeddah
• Jeddah Light - Jeddah
• Mismari Reef Light - about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southwest of Jeddah.
• Jizan Light - Jizan
• South Mazarkiff Light - Farasan Islands

Persian Gulf lighthouses

• Ra's Rakan Light - south of the King Fahd Causeway
• Najwah Shoal Light - north end of a shoal off the entrance to Dammam
• Abu Ali Light - about 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Jubail
• Al-Arabiyah Light - Al-'Arabiyah island, about 120 kilometres (75 mi) northeast of Jubail
• Harqus West Light - Harqus sandbank, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west northwest of Al-'Arabiyah

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