List of lighthouses in Mexico

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This is a list of lighthouses in Mexico. They are located along the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean coastlines of the country. These are named landfall lights, or those with a range of over fifteen nautical miles.[1][2]

## Lighthouses

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Name  | Image  | Location
coordinates  | Year built  | Tower height (m)  | Focal height (m)  | Range (nmi)  | NGA Number

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Arrecife Santiaguillo Lighthouse[3] | | Arrecife Santiaguillo
19°8′36″N 95°48′30″W| 1934| 32| 32| 22| 110-15436
Benito Juárez Lighthouse[3] | | 19°12′7″N 96°8′19″W| 1872[4]| 23| | |
Cabo Catoche Lighthouse[5] | | 21°36′18″N 87°6′6″W| | 14| 15| 15| 111-15664
Cabo Corrientes Lighthouse[6] | | Cabo Corrientes
20°24′33″N 105°41′39″W| 1903[4]| 18| 93| 18| 111-15080
Faro Cabo Falso | | Cuernavaca
22°52′26″N 109°57′51″W| 1967| | | |
Faro de Cabo San Lucas[7] | | Cuernavaca
22°52′40″N 109°57′34″W[8]| | 6| | | 111-14548
Cabo Haro Lighthouse[9] | | Guaymas
27°50′24″N 110°53′6″W| | 7| 107| 22| 111-14824
Cabo San Lucas Lighthouse[7] | | Cuernavaca
22°52′48″N 109°54′42″W| | 0| 26| 15| 111-14553
Cabo Tepoca Lighthouse[9] | | 30°16′18″N 112°51′6″W| | 18| 39| 15| 111-14786
Cazones Lighthouse[3] | | Cazones de Herrera
20°43′18″N 97°12′0″W| 1970s| 16| 26| 15| 110-15332
Celestún Lighthouse[10] | | Celestún
20°51′33″N 90°24′6″W| 1883| 10| | |
Celestún Lighthouse[10] | | Celestún| 1905| 12| 21| | 110-15588
Cerro del Gavilan Lighthouse[3] | | Coatzacoalcos
18°9′0″N 94°24′0″W| | 14| 54[4]| 18| 110-15464
Cerro Partido Lighthouse[9] | | Topolobampo
25°32′0″N 109°6′6″W| | 5| 95| 22| 111-14920
Dzilam de Bravo Lighthouse[9] | | Dzilam de Bravo Municipality
21°23′40″N 88°53′12″W[11]| | | 18[12]| 10[12]| 110-15636
Frontera Lighthouse[10] | | Frontera
18°36′48″N 92°41′18″W| 1882| 29| 30| 15| 110-15504
Gran Puerto de Cancún Lighthouse[5] | | Puerto Juárez
21°11′0″N 86°48′24″W| 2005| 58| 58| 24| 110-15694
Huatulco Lighthouse[13] | | Santa María Huatulco
15°44′18″N 96°7′42″W| | 15| 60| 15| 111-15260
Isla Contoy Lighthouse[5] | | Quintana Roo
21°31′44″N 86°48′9″W| 1931| 32| 33[4]| 21| 110-15668
Isla de Lobos Lighthouse[14] | | Veracruz
21°28′12″N 97°13′36″W| | 22| 32| 20| 110-15276
Isla de Sacrificios Lighthouse[3] | | Isla de Sacrificios
19°10′30″N 96°5′30″W| 1960s| 39| 42| 22| 110-15380
Islas de Todos Santos Lighthouse[15] | | Isla Todos Santos
31°48′42″N 116°48′30″W| | 30| 48| 22| 111-14364
Isla Maria Madre Lighthouse[16] | | Isla María Madre
21°36′36″N 106°32′0″W| | 7| 62| 17| 111-15028
Isla Natividad Lighthouse | | Isla Natividad
27°52′24″N 115°10′42″W| 1938| 16| 112| 20| 111-14456
Isla Pérez Lighthouse | | Isla Pérez
22°23′0″N 89°41′0″W| 1899| 18| 21| 20| 110-15596
Islas San Benito Lighthouse | | Islas San Benito
28°18′31″N 115°35′57″W| 1934| 17| | |
Islas San Benito Lighthouse | | Islas San Benito
28°18′19″N 115°35′42″W| 2009| 7| 212[4]| 30| 111-14412
La Barra Lighthouse | | Barra Norte
20°58′24″N 97°18′30″W| | 22| 24| 15| 110-15304
La Roqueta Island Lighthouse | | La Roqueta
16°49′12″N 99°54′24″W| | 15| 115| 25| 111-15208
Lazaro Cardenas Lighthouse | | Lázaro Cárdenas
17°55′18″N 102°10′6″W| | 35| 40[4]| 19| 111-15160
Majahual Lighthouse | | Costa Maya
18°43′54″N 87°41′42″W| 2006| 22| 22| 20| 110-15782
Malecón Lighthouse | | Puerto Vallarta
20°36′37″N 105°14′5″W| 1932| 10| | |
Matamoros Lighthouse | | Puerto Vallarta
20°36′33″N 105°14′1″W| 1932| 12[4]| | |
Mazatlán Lighthouse | | Isla del Crestón
23°10′40″N 106°25′39″W| 1879| 11| 157| 33| 111-14964
Mezquital Lighthouse | | Matamoros
25°15′0″N 97°26′24″W| 2013[4]| 26| 25[4]| 18| 110-15203.1
Morro de Salinas Lighthouse | | Port of Salina Cruz
16°9′42″N 95°12′12″W| 1896| 14| 83| 20| 111-15272
Playa del Carmen Lighthouse | | Playa del Carmen
20°37′34″N 87°4′17″W| | | | |
Progreso Lighthouse | | Progreso
21°17′6″N 89°39′48″W| 1893| 33| 35| 20| 110-15620
Puerto Angel Lighthouse | | Puerto Ángel
15°38′48″N 96°31′18″W| 1900| 14| 56| 20| 111-15256
Puerto Arista Lighthouse | | Puerto Arista
15°56′49″N 93°50′7″W[12]| | | | | 111-15308
Puerto Escondido Lighthouse | | 15°51′0″N 97°4′42″W| 1936| 15| 40| 16| 15252
Puerto Madero Lighthouse | | 14°42′18″N 92°24′36″W| | 22| 24| 15| 15324
Puerto Morelos Lighthouse | | Puerto Morelos
20°50′53″N 86°52′31″W| 1988| 14| 16| 15| 110-15704
Puerto Morelos Lighthouse | | Puerto Morelos
20°50′53″N 86°52′31″W| 1946| 10| | |
Puerto Penasco Lighthouse | | 31°17′6″N 113°34′42″W| | 9| 97| 17| 14778
Punta Arena de la Ventana Lighthouse | | 24°3′18″N 109°49′48″W| 2009| 25| 15| 18| 14572
Punta Brujas Lighthouse | | 16°48′54″N 99°52′36″W| | 4| 40| 20| 15224
Punta Campos Lighthouse | | 19°1′18″N 104°20′6″W| | 11| 109| 20| 15140
Punta Cancun Lighthouse | | Quintana Roo
21°8′17″N 86°44′27″W| | | | | 110-15696
Celarain Lighthouse | | Punta Sur
20°16′24″N 86°59′18″W| 1934| 25| 32| 15| 15744
Punta Delgada Lighthouse | | 19°51′24″N 96°27′42″W| | 22| 46| 18| 15352
Punta Farrallon Lighthouse | | 19°22′24″N 105°1′42″W| | 22| 62| 15| 15088
Punta Garrobo Lighthouse | | 17°37′6″N 101°32′54″W| 1939| 13| 115| 18| 15180
Punta Graham Lighthouse | | 19°10′30″N 104°41′24″W| | 11| 200| 20| 15092
Punta Jerez Lighthouse | | 22°53′36″N 97°45′48″W| 1990| 20| 22| 20| 15212
Punta Maldonado Lighthouse | | 16°19′12″N 98°34′18″W| | 15| 40| 15| 15240
Punta Morro Lighthouse | | 19°40′30″N 90°42′6″W| 1896| 16| 54| 18| 15552
Punta Palmas Lighthouse | | 21°3′42″N 90°15′6″W| 1950| 39| 42| 20| 15592
Punta Piedra Lighthouse | | 24°29′12″N 97°44′30″W| 2009| 25| 28| 18| 15207
Punta Prieta Lighthouse | | 24°13′12″N 110°18′42″W| | 20| 30| 15| 14588
Punta Roca Partida Lighthouse | | | | | | |
Punta San Telmo Lighthouse | | 18°19′48″N 103°29′42″W| | 12| 70| 18| 15152
Rio Lagartos Lighthouse | | Yucatán
21°36′6″N 88°12′24″W| | 20| 22| 16| 15644
San Bartolo Hill Lighthouse | | 19°49′0″N 90°35′0″W| | 12| 78| 18| 15564
San Blas Lighthouse | | 21°32′12″N 105°18′42″W| | 14| 44| 18| 15012
San Felipe Lighthouse | | 31°3′0″N 114°49′0″W| | 22| 44| 18| 14756
San Jose del Cabo Lighthouse | | 23°3′54″N 109°39′54″W| | 10| 36| 15| 14560
San Miguel de Cozumel Lighthouse | | 20°29′42″N 86°57′48″W| 2000| 36| 37| 15| 15732
Tampico Lighthouse | | 22°15′48″N 97°47′42″W| 1883| 40| 43| 24| 15220
Tecolutla lighthouse | | Tecolutla
20°28′30″N 97°0′12″W| | 23| 25| 15| 15336
Tijuana Lighthouse | | Playas de Tijuana
32°31′48″N 117°7′0″W| | 22| 40| 20| 14338
Venustiano Carranza Lighthouse | | Veracruz
19°12′6″N 96°8′0″W| | | | |
Xicalango Lighthouse | | Campeche
18°37′41″N 91°54′0″W| | 28| 32| 18| 110-15516

## See also

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* Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels

## References

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1. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015. p. 167.
2. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 111: The West Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015. p. 269.
3. ^ a b c d e Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Central Gulf Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Russ Rowlett, Lighthouse Directory, Wikidata Q23581832
5. ^ a b c Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Caribbean Coast (Quintana Roo)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
6. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Northwest Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
7. ^ a b Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Southwestern Baja California". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
8. ^ https://msi.nga.mil/queryResults?publications/ngalol/lights-buoys?volume=111&featureNumber=14548&includeRemovals=false&output=html
9. ^ a b c d Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Northwest Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
10. ^ a b c Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Southern Gulf Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
11. ^ http://listoflights.org/leuchtfeuer/detail?id=46459
12. ^ a b c NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Wikidata Q13872896
13. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: South Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
14. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Northern Gulf Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
15. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Northwestern Baja California". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
16. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: West Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

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