List of lighthouses in Israel

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Akko Light

Haifa Lee Breakwater Light

Stella Maris Light

Mikhmoret Light

Herzliya Light

Reading Light

Jaffa Light

Ashdod Light

Ashkelon Marina Breakwater Light

Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light

Eilat Light

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Lighthouses in Israel

The lighthouses of Israel are all located along its 273 kilometres (170 mi) coastline.[1] Most of the Israel's coastline faces 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. Israel's active lighthouses are maintained by the Israeli Shipping and Ports Authority, a statutory authority within the Ministry of Transport and Road Safety.[3]

Based on historical, numismatic and archaeological evidence, archaeologists believe that the Romans built a lighthouse on an islet near the harbor entrance of Akko.[4] Remains of a colossal lighthouse mentioned by the Roman Jewish historian Josephus Flavius were discovered at Caesarea Maritima.[5]

The lighthouses of Israel are included in the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's List of Lights publication 113[6] for the Mediterranean Sea and 112[7] 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.[8] They are also listed on The Lighthouse Directory[2] and on the ARLHS World List of Lights.[9] The chart above 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).[10] The listing is from north to south.

## Mediterranean Sea

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Akko Light | active |  | 32°55′9.43″N 35°3′59.22″E﻿ / ﻿32.9192861°N 35.0664500°E﻿ / 32.9192861; 35.0664500﻿ (Akko Light) | Acre
Haifa Lee Breakwater Light | active |  | 32°49′22.36″N 35°0′31.19″E﻿ / ﻿32.8228778°N 35.0086639°E﻿ / 32.8228778; 35.0086639﻿ (Haifa Lee Breakwater Light) | Haifa
Stella Maris Light | active |  | 32°49′41.25″N 34°58′0.56″E﻿ / ﻿32.8281250°N 34.9668222°E﻿ / 32.8281250; 34.9668222﻿ (Stella Maris Light) | Haifa
Mikhmoret Light | active |  | 32°24′9.69″N 34°52′2.21″E﻿ / ﻿32.4026917°N 34.8672806°E﻿ / 32.4026917; 34.8672806﻿ (Mikhmoret Light) | Mikhmoret
Herzliya Light | active |  | 32°9′56.9″N 34°47′33.35″E﻿ / ﻿32.165806°N 34.7925972°E﻿ / 32.165806; 34.7925972﻿ (Herzliya Light) | Herzliya
Reading Light | inactive |  | 32°6′12.86″N 34°46′37.11″E﻿ / ﻿32.1035722°N 34.7769750°E﻿ / 32.1035722; 34.7769750﻿ (Reading Light) | Tel Aviv
Jaffa Light | inactive |  | 32°3′12.45″N 34°45′1.82″E﻿ / ﻿32.0534583°N 34.7505056°E﻿ / 32.0534583; 34.7505056﻿ (Jaffa Light) | Jaffa
Ashdod Light | active |  | 31°48′50.06″N 34°38′46.79″E﻿ / ﻿31.8139056°N 34.6463306°E﻿ / 31.8139056; 34.6463306﻿ (Ashdod Light) | Ashdod
Ashkelon Marina Breakwater Light | active |  | 31°41′6.93″N 34°33′22.04″E﻿ / ﻿31.6852583°N 34.5561222°E﻿ / 31.6852583; 34.5561222﻿ (Ashkelon Marina Breakwater Light) | Ashkelon
Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light | active |  | 31°38′25.68″N 34°31′11.88″E﻿ / ﻿31.6404667°N 34.5199667°E﻿ / 31.6404667; 34.5199667﻿ (Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light) | Ashkelon

## Gulf of Eilat

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Eilat Light | active |  | 29°30′1.14″N 34°54′54.78″E﻿ / ﻿29.5003167°N 34.9152167°E﻿ / 29.5003167; 34.9152167﻿ (Eilat Light) | Eilat

## See also

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* Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels

## References

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1. ^ "Israel". CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
2. ^ a b Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Israel". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
3. ^ "MOT - Shipping and Ports Authority". Archived from the original on 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
4. ^ Rosen, Baruch (2011). "The Roman Lighthouse at Akko, Israel". International Journal of Nautical Archaeology. 41: 171–178\. doi:10.1111/j.1095-9270.2011.00329.x. S2CID 161171073.171-178&rft.date=2011&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/j.1095-9270.2011.00329.x&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:161171073#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Rosen&rft.aufirst=Baruch&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:List+of+lighthouses+in+Israel" class="Z3988">
5. ^ Underwater Exploration Along Israel’s Mediterranean Coast
6. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
7. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 112: Western Pacific and Indian Oceans Including the Persian Gulf and Red Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
8. ^ Admiralty List Of Lights And Fog Signals vol. E Mediterranean, Black Sea and Red Sea. United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. 2009–2010. ISBN 978-0-7077-1770-8.
9. ^ "Lighthouses in Israel (7)". ARLHS. Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
10. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 29 August 2011.

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