List of lighthouses in Mexico

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

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

• Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels

References

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. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Central Gulf Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
4. Russ Rowlett, Lighthouse Directory, Wikidata Q23581832
5. 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. 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. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Mexico: Northwest Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
10. 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. 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.

External links

• Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.