List of lighthouses in South Africa

Umhlanga Lighthouse

This is a list of lighthouses in South Africa. It contains currently active lights as well as decommissioned lights of historical importance.

Lighthouse Located near Coordinates Inst. Structure Focal
plane 		ALN Notes
Bird Island Bird Island[1] 33°50′29.72″S 26°17′13.55″E / 33.8415889°S 26.2870972°E [1] 1852-12-01, 1873-05-01[1] 26 m masonry tower[1] 30 m[1] D6412[2] The Doddington sank at the island in 1755.[1]
Bluff Durban, KZN 29°52′40″S 31°03′50″E / 29.87778°S 31.06389°E 1867-01-12 concrete tower discontinued 1940-10-16, later demolished, coordinates are for the original iron tower [3][4][5]
Cape Agulhas Cape Agulhas, WC 34°49′08″S 20°00′33″E / 34.81889°S 20.00917°E 1849-03-01 27 m tower 31 m HW D6370[6] National monument [7] Provincial Heritage Site[8]
Cape Columbine Paternoster, WC 32°48′39″S 17°51′23″E / 32.81083°S 17.85639°E 1936-10-01 15 m masonry tower 80 m HW D5810[9] [10]
Cape Hangklip 34°23′11.4″S 18°49′42.3″E / 34.386500°S 18.828417°E 1960-11-25 22 m concrete tower 34 m HW D6280[11] [3]
Cape Hermes Port St. Johns 31°38′06″S 29°33′23″E / 31.63500°S 29.55639°E 1903-05-01, 1904-10-16 13 m stone tower 55 m D6442[12] [13]
Cape Infanta 34°28′18.76″S 20°50′47.09″E / 34.4718778°S 20.8464139°E 1979-03-15 15 m aluminium lattice tower 53 m MSL D6371[6] [14]
Cape Morgan Morgan's Bay 32°42′26″S 28°21′55″E / 32.70722°S 28.36528°E 1964-02-05 12 m aluminium tower 60 m D6434[12] [15]
Cape Point Simon's Bay, WC 34°21′24″S 18°30′00″E / 34.35667°S 18.50000°E 1860-05-01, 1919-03-11 9 m masonry tower 87 m HW D6120[16] [16][17]
Cape Recife Algoa Bay, EC 34°01′43.97″S 25°42′03.90″E / 34.0288806°S 25.7010833°E 1851-04-01 24 m masonry tower 28 m D6390[2] [18]
Cape Seal Plettenberg Bay 34°06′27.6″S 23°24′22.83″E / 34.107667°S 23.4063417°E 1950-05-11 6 m tower 146 m D6384[19] [14]
Cape St. Blaize Mossel Bay 34°11′09.45″S 22°09′25.14″E / 34.1859583°S 22.1569833°E 1864-03-15 20.5 masonry tower 73 m D6378[19] [20]
Cape St. Lucia 28°30′54″S 32°24′00″E / 28.51500°S 32.40000°E 1906-12-15, 1915 8 m cast iron tower 113 m D6484 [21][22][23]
Cape St. Martin St Helena Bay, WC 32°42′53″S 17°55′18.53″E / 32.71472°S 17.9218139°E 1977-12-12 10 m aluminium lattice tower 18 m D5801[9] [24]
Cape Vidal Cape Vidal Forestry Reserve, KZN 28°08′51.98″S 32°33′10.77″E / 28.1477722°S 32.5529917°E 1985-07-08 23 m concrete tower 64.5 m MSL D6485[23] painted yellow [25]
Castle Point East London, CC 1860-08-25 wood decommissioned 1895 [22][24]
Cooper Light Brighton Beach, Durban, KZN 29°56′05″S 31°00′15″E / 29.93472°S 31.00417°E 1953-07-31 21 m concrete tower 134 m D6458[26] [27]
Danger Point 34°37′48.8″S 19°18′10.9″E / 34.630222°S 19.303028°E 1895-01-01 masonry tower 45 m D6320[6] [28]
Dassen Island Dassen Island, WC 33°25′54″S 18°05′22″E / 33.43167°S 18.08944°E 1893-04-15 28 m iron tower 47 m D5860[29] [30]
Deal Light Papenkuils river mouth 33°54′56″S 25°36′52″E / 33.91556°S 25.61444°E 1973-11-01 22 m aluminium lattice tower 26.9 m D6400[2] [1]
Doringbaai Doringbaai 31°49′00″S 18°14′00″E / 31.81667°S 18.23333°E[31] 1963-04-02 21 m aluminum lattice tower 36 m D5734[31] [32]
Durnford Port Durnford Forestry Reserve 28°55′00″S 31°55′30″E / 28.91667°S 31.92500°E 1916-03-01 12 m steel tower 49 m D6482[33] [34]
Great Fish Port Alfred 33°31′10″S 27°06′34″E / 33.51944°S 27.10944°E 1898-07-01 9 m masonry tower 85 m D6416[12] [35]
Green Point Green Point, WC 33°54′04″S 18°24′02″E / 33.90111°S 18.40056°E 1824-04-12 16 m masonry tower 20 m HW D5900[16] [36][37] National monument and Provincial Heritage site[38]
Green Point Umzinto, KZN 30°14′56.1″S 30°46′38.9″E / 30.248917°S 30.777472°E 1905 21 m cast iron tower 86 m D6454[26] [39][40]
Groenriviermond 30°51′53″S 17°34′49″E / 30.86472°S 17.58028°E 1988-11-21 17.2 m concrete tower 27.3 m D5720[31] [41]
The Hill Port Elizabeth, EC 1861-06-01 decommissioned 1973-10-31 [30]
Hondeklipbaai 30°18′30.7″S 17°16′17.8″E / 30.308528°S 17.271611°E 1936-02-15, 1956-02-15 8 m steel tower 29 m D5704[31] [32]
Hood Point East London, EC 33°02′25.96″S 27°53′55.00″E / 33.0405444°S 27.8986111°E 1895-06-04 19 m masonry tower 55 m D6420[12] [42]
Ifafa Beach 30°27′46.7″S 30°39′08.4″E / 30.462972°S 30.652333°E 1980-02-04 23 m tower 35.1 m MSL D6452[26] [43]
Jesser Point Sordwana Bay, KZN 27°32′41.35″S 32°33′40.81″E / 27.5448194°S 32.5613361°E 1986-04 concrete tower 61 m MSL D6486[23] [25]
M'bashe Point 32°14′27.1″S 28°54′54″E / 32.240861°S 28.91500°E[12] 1926-12-03 14 m lattice steel tower 47 m D6438[12] [44]
Milnerton Milnerton, WC 33°52′53.47″S 18°29′18.52″E / 33.8815194°S 18.4884778°E 1960-03-10 21 m concrete tower 28 m D5910[45] [46]
Mouille Point 33°54′00″S 18°25′19″E / 33.90000°S 18.42194°E[47] 1842-07-01, 1865 Discontinued in 1908, demolished on or after 1921.[48]
North Head Saldanha Bay, WC 33°03′00″S 17°54′42″E / 33.05000°S 17.91167°E 1939-07-12, 1969-12-02 21 m aluminum tower 33 m D5830[9] [31][49]
North Sand 31°03′24″S 30°13′33″E / 31.05667°S 30.22583°E 1968-07-17 21 m alumunium lattice tower 38 m D6448[12] [50]
Port Nolloth Port Nolloth, NC 29°14′58.36″S 16°52′08.48″E / 29.2495444°S 16.8690222°E 1909 11 m aluminium lattice tower 17 m D5660[31] [21]
Port Shepstone Umzinkulu River mouth, KZN 30°44′30.1″S 30°27′33.0″E / 30.741694°S 30.459167°E 1895, ~1905 8 m cast iron tower 24 m D6450[12] [35]
Quoin Point 34°46′49.77″S 19°38′24.91″E / 34.7804917°S 19.6402528°E 1955-03-02, 1990-10 21 m steel tower 32 m D6332[6] [48]
Richards Bay Richards Bay, KZN 28°46′30.3″S 32°07′41.1″E / 28.775083°S 32.128083°E 1979-05-22 11 m concrete tower 72 m MSL D6483[23] [34]
Robben Island Robben Island, WC 33°48′52.20″S 18°22′29.25″E / 33.8145000°S 18.3747917°E 1865-01-01 18 m masonry tower 47 m D5870[29] [51]
Roman Rock Simon's Town, WC 34°10′54″S 18°27′42″E / 34.18167°S 18.46167°E[16] 1845,[52] 1861-09-16 cast iron tower 17 m HW D6140[53] [54]
Seal Point Cape St. Francis, EC 34°12′44.79″S 24°50′11.92″E / 34.2124417°S 24.8366444°E 1878-07-04 27.75 m masonry tower 36 m D6386[19] National monument [55] Provincial Heritage site[56] Construction started in 1875.[57]
Slangkop Kommetjie 34°08′54.59″S 18°19′11.89″E / 34.1484972°S 18.3199694°E 1919-03-04 33 m iron tower 41 m HW D6110[16] [58]
South Head Saldanha Bay, WC 33°06′19.44″S 17°57′18.01″E / 33.1054000°S 17.9550028°E 1969-12-02 21 m aluminum tower 34 m D5831[9] [49]
South Sand EC 31°19′38.10″S 29°57′41.11″E / 31.3272500°S 29.9614194°E 1931-08-21 21 m steel tower 82 m D6446[12] [50]
Tugela 29°13′19.8″S 31°30′15.9″E / 29.222167°S 31.504417°E 1972-11-22 21 m aluminium lattice tower 36 m D6481[33] [43]
Umhlanga Rocks Durban, KZN 29°43′41.57″S 31°05′18.20″E / 29.7282139°S 31.0883889°E 1954-11-25 21 m concrete tower 25 m D6480[33] [15]
Ystervarkpunt 34°23′26″S 21°43′05″E / 34.39056°S 21.71806°E 1964-08-04 21 m aluminium tower 51 m D6374[6] [46]
Seal Point Lighthouse
Green Point Lighthouse, Cape Town

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Portnet (1991), p.26.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 SA Navy (2008), p.21.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Portnet (1991), p.32.
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  5. ↑ Natal Almanac, Directory and Yearly Register. 1897. p. 531.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 SA Navy (2008), p.19.
  7. ↑ Portnet (1991), p.19.
  8. ↑ "Cape LAgulhas Lighthouse Bredasdorp District". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
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  11. ↑ SA Navy (2008), p.18.
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  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Portnet (1991), p.14.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 SA Navy (2008), p.17.
  17. ↑ Portnet (1991), p.33.
  18. ↑ Portnet (1991), p.27.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 SA Navy (2008), p.20.
  20. ↑ Portnet (1991), p.23.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Portnet (1991), p.36.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Williams (1993), p.x.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 SA Navy (2008), p.26.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Portnet (1991), p.30.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 Portnet (1991), p.34.
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  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Portnet (1991), p.42.
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  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 Portnet (1991), p.20.
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  41. ↑ Portnet (1991), p.21.
  42. ↑ Portnet (1991), p.39.
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 Portnet (1991), p.18.
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  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 Portnet (1991), p.6.
  47. ↑ Lighthouses. Return to an Address of ... the House of Commons, dated 15 April 1850;- for, "Statement of what measures have been adopted respecting the erection, management and superintendence of lighthouses in the British colonies and possessions (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, no.225, of Session 1849)" "and, Abstract of any Returns received from the colonies upon the subject since April 1849.". H. Hansard. 1850. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
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  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 Portnet (1991), p.16.
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 Portnet (1991), p.28.
  51. ↑ Portnet (1991), p.41.
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  53. ↑ SA Navy (2008), p.27.
  54. ↑ Portnet (1991), p.43.
  55. ↑ Portnet (1991), p.15.
  56. ↑ "Seal Point Lighthouse Cape St Francis Humansdorp District". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  57. ↑ Sellick, W.S.J. (1904). Uitenhage, past and present : souvenir of the Centenary, 1804-1904. p. 125.
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