Lighthouse Name

The start of illumination

(Year A.D.)

Location

Height of Lighthouse / Height of Light (meter)

Nominal Range of Beams (nautical mile)

Note:

On the north coast of Taiwan Island

Keelung Lighthouse

1900

At Wanrendueibi protruding at the Keelung Harbor

11 / 40.2

16

With radio beacons, radar beacons and radio communications devices

The Lighthouse of Pengjia Islet

1909

Near the northern sea areas of Taiwan

26.2 / 145.4

25.3

With radio communications devices

Yeliu Lighthouse

1967

On the hilltop of Yeliu peninsula

11.3 / 99

16.6

Fuguei Cape Lighthouse

1896

At Fuguei Cape at the northernmost tip of Taiwan

30 / 31.4

26.8

With radio beacons, and painted in black and white bands

Tamsui Lighthouse

1888

On the northern bank of Tamsui Harbor

32.7 / 35.2

16.6

A tetragonal iron tower

Baishajia Lighthouse

1901

At Baishajia of Taoyuan County

36.6 / 27.7

Red beam: 22.6

White beam: 25.7

A white tubular tower

Bitou Cape Lighthouse

1896

At Bitou Cape on the northeast coast of Taiwan

12.3 / 65.3

16.6

San Diego Lighthouse

1935

At Sandiaojiao (San Diego Cape) on the northeast coast of Taiwan

16.5 / 100.6

Red beam: 20

White beam: 24.5

Su-ao Lighthouse

1927

On the hilltop back at Beifangao near Su-ao Harbor in Yilan

7.9 /56.1

Red beam: 12

White beam: 16

With radar beacons

On the central coast of Taiwan Island

Taichung Port Lighthouse

1982

On the surface of the barn on the top of No. 1 Wharf in the Taichung Harbor

62.6 / 62

26.8

With radar beacons

Waisanding Islet Lighthouse

1914

In the shallow sand bar of the external sea in Kouhu Township.

32.4 / 35.5

14.3

With metal radar reflectors

Fangyuan Lighthouse

1983

At Wanggong Fishing Port in Fangyuan Township of Changhua County

37.4 / 35.75

16.6

On the southern cost of Taiwan Island

Anping? Lighthouse

1891

The beach in the north of the Anping Port in Tainan City

21.8 / 22.6

15.2

Guosheng Lighthouse

1983

At Guosheng Port in Cigu Township of Tainan County

32.7 / 34.2

16.6

Kaohsiung Lighthouse (Cihou Lighthouse)

1883

On the hilltop of Cihou Mountain near Kaohsiung Port

15.2 / 58.2

25.2

With radio beacons and radar beacons

Eluanbi Lighthouse

1883

At the southernmost tip of Taiwan and at the south end of the Central Mountain Range,

21.4 / 56.4

27.2

Shining light of the highest power at 1,800,000 candlepower

On the east coast of Taiwan Island

Hualien Port Lighthouse

1910

On the Huangan Mountain near Hualien Port

28.4 / 45.1

9.8

Cilaibi Cape Lighthouse

1931

At Cilabi in north of the Hualien Port

13.4 / 33.4

16.6

With radio beacons and radar beacons

At offshore islands of Taiwan Island

Liouciou Isle (Siaoliouciou) Lighthouse

1929

On the hilltop on the southeast coast of Liouciou Isle, which is an offshore isle to Pingtung County.

11.6 / 88.7

14.3

Orchid Island Lighthouse

1982

On the hilltop on the northwest point of the Orchid Island

14.8 / 216.5

26.1

With radio communications devices

Green Island Lighthouse

1939

At the northwest point of the Green Island

32.3 / 48.2

25.7

With radio beacons and radio communications devices

At Penghu Islands (Pescadores Islands)

Mudou (Isle) Lighthouse

1902

At Mudou isles

39.9 / 49

26.8