This is a list of lighthouses and lightvessels in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

Northern Taiwan

Pengjia Lighthouse The Pengjia Lighthouse () is a lighthouse in Pengjia Islet, Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan. History The first phase construction of the lighthouse started in 1906 and completed in 1908. It started its service on 20 September 1909. In Dec ...

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Pengjia Islet Pengjia Islet (), also known as P'eng-chia Hsü, Hōka-sho, Agincourt, Dashihshan Islet, Chaolai Islet, P'eng-chia Yü or Pengchia Islet, is an islet north of Taiwan and is administered under Zhongzheng District, Keelung City. It is under Taiwane ...

Keelung Keelung () or Jilong () (; Hokkien POJ: '), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. The city is a part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with its neighbors, New Taipe ...

) * Keelung Island Lighthouse () (

Keelung Islet Keelung Islet (, also , in Taiwanese Hokkien: 雞籠杙/Ke-lâng-khit) is a small island in Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan and away from the Port of Keelung. It has an area of or . It is in length, and in width including the artificial h ...

, Keelung) * Keelung Lighthouse () (

Keelung Harbor The Port of Keelung (), also known as Keelung Harbor, is located in the vicinity of Keelung City, Taiwan. It is operated by Taiwan International Ports Corporation, Taiwan's state-owned port management company. History The 1858 Treaty of Tientsin ...

, Keelung) * Ciouzishan Lighthouse () (Keelung Harbor, Keelung) * Tamsui Harbor Lighthouse () ( Tamsui District, New Taipei) * Yeliou Lighthouse () ( Wanli District, New Taipei) *

Fuguijiao Lighthouse The Fuguijiao or Cape Fugui Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Cape Fugui near Laomei Village in Shimen District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Name The lighthouse is named after nearby Cape Fugui, the northernmost point of Taiwan Island, Taiwan. Its ...

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Bitoujiao Lighthouse The Bitoujiao Lighthouse or Pitou Chiao Lighthouse () is a lighthouse at Bitou Cape in Ruifang District, New Taipei, Taiwan. History The lighthouse was originally built by the Japanese in 1897. In 1971, it was repaired due to damages caused by ...

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Cape San Diego Lighthouse The Cape Santiago Lighthouse ( or Santiaochiao Lighthouse ) is a lighthouse at Cape Santiago, Gongliao District, New Taipei, Taiwan. History The lighthouse was built in 1931 for ship navigation. Since 30 September 2018, the lighthouse has been ...

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Gongliao District Gongliao District (; originally ) is a rural district in the eastern part of New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is the easternmost district on the main island of Taiwan and at its easternmost tip is Cape Santiago. History During the period of Japane ...

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Baishajia Lighthouse The Baishajia Lighthouse or Paisha Chia Lighthouse () is a lighthouse in Guanyin District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. History The lighthouse was established in 1901 as the third lighthouse built in Taiwan under Japanese rule with an original height o ...

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Guanyin District Guanyin District () is a rural, coastal district in western Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Guanyin is the name of a Buddhist goddess. History Guanyin was originally named as Shiguanyin during the Qing Dynasty rule. It was renamed to Guanyin in 1920 dur ...

Taoyuan City Taoyuan () is a special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan) located in northwestern Taiwan, neighboring New Taipei City to the north-east, Yilan County, Taiwan, Yilan County to the south-e ...

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Central Taiwan

Gaomei Lighthouse The Gaomei Lighthouse () is a lighthouse in Qingshui District, Taichung, Taiwan. History The lighthouse was originally built in 1967, but its operation was stopped in 1982 when the lighting equipment was moved to the lighthouse in Port of Taichu ...

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Qingshui District Qingshui District (), also spelled as Chingshui District, is a coastal suburban district in western Taichung City, Taiwan. Geography Qingshui is located on the Qingshui Plain of Taiwan. It borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, the Dajia R ...

, Taichung City) * Taichung Port Lighthouse () (

Wuqi District Wuqi District () is a coastal suburban district in southern Taichung, Taiwan. The Port of Taichung is located in Wuqi District. History After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, Wuqi was organized as an urban t ...

, Taichung City) * Fangyuan Lighthouse () ( Fangyuan Township,

Changhua County Changhua County (Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth smallest ...

) * Wengangduei Lighthouse () ( Kouhu Township,

Yunlin County Yunlin County (Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County t ...

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Southern Taiwan

* Guosheng Port Lighthouse () (

Cigu District Cigu District, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency or Qigu is a rural district in the city of Tainan with about 21,606 inhabitants, situated on the westernmost point of the island of Taiwan. The Cigu Lagoon is located in this ...

Tainan City Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" for its over 200 years of hist ...

) * Anping Lighthouse () ( Anping District,

Tainan Tainan (), officially Tainan City, is a Special municipality (Taiwan), special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast. Tainan is the oldest city on the island and also commonly known as the "Capital City" ...

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Kaohsiung Lighthouse The Kaohsiung Lighthouse (), also called Cihou Lighthouse () or Cijin Lighthouse (), is a lighthouse in Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History After the signing of Convention of Peking in 1860 during the Qing Dynasty rule, the Takau Harbo ...

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Cijin District Cijin District (; Hokkien POJ: ''Kî-tin-khu'') is a district of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, covering Cijin Island () and islands in the South China Sea. It is the second smallest district in Kaohsiung City after Yancheng District, with an area of ...

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...

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Eluanbi Lighthouse Eluanbi Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Cape Eluanbi, the southernmost point of Taiwan, which separates Taiwan's South Bay from Banana Bay and the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea from the Philippine Sea. It is near Eluan Village ...

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Hengchun Township Hengchun Township is a Township (Taiwan), township located on the southern tip of the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is the southernmost township in Taiwan. Hengchun is also the only urban township in the southern part of Ping ...

Pingtung County Pingtung County is a county located in southern Taiwan. It has a warm tropical monsoon climate and is known for its agriculture and tourism. Kenting National Park, Taiwan's oldest national park, is located in the county. The county seat is Pin ...

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Eastern Taiwan

* Su'ao Lighthouse () ( Su-ao Township, Yilan County) * Cilaibi Lighthouse () ( Hualien City, Hualien County) * Hualien Port Lighthouse () (Hualien City, Hualien County) * Lyudao Lighthouse () ( Green Island,

Taitung County Taitung County (; Mandarin pinyin: ''Táidōng Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Tâi-tang-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Thòi-tûng-yen''; Paiwan: ''Valangaw'';lit:Eastern part of Taiwan) is the third largest county in Taiwan, located primarily on the island' ...

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Lanyu Lighthouse The Lanyu Lighthouse () is a lighthouse in Orchid Island, Taitung County, Taiwan. History The lighthouse was built in 1982. Architecture The lighthouse emits four white flashes every 24 seconds with a luminous intensity of 1.2 million candl ...

() ( Orchid Island, Taitung County)

Penghu The Penghu (, Hokkien POJ: ''Phîⁿ-ô͘'' or ''Phêⁿ-ô͘'' ) or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait, located approximately west from the main island of Taiwan, covering an area ...

* Mudouyu Lighthouse () (Mudou Islet) *

Yuwengdao Lighthouse The Yuwengdao Lighthouse or Yuwongdao Lighthouse, Fisher Island Lighthouse, Yuweng Tao Lighthouse, Yu-Won Island Lighthouse, West Island Lighthouse and Xiyu Lighthouse () is a lighthouse in Wai'an Village, Xiyu Township, Penghu County, Taiwan. ...

() ( Yuweng Island, Penghu County) * Huayu Lighthouse () (

Hua Islet Hua Islet () is an islet in Huayu Village (), Wangan Township, Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan. Hua Islet is the westernmost point in Penghu (the Pescadores). The island has also been known as "West Islet" (). The Japanese-built Huayu L ...

, Penghu County) * Chamu Island Lighthouse () ( Chamu Islet, Penghu County) * Dongji Island Lighthouse () (

Dongji Island Dongji Island / Dongji Islet / Tungchi Island () is an island in Dongji Village (), Wangan Township, Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan. Dongji Island has also been known as ''Nandongyu'' (). The island is the site of the Dongji Island Lig ...

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Qimei Lighthouse The Qimei Lighthouse / Cimei Lightouse () is a lighthouse in Qimei / Cimei Township, Penghu County, Taiwan. History The lighthouse was built in 1939. It was the last lighthouse built by the Japanese government. Originally, it uses acetylene ...

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Cimei Cimei Township, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (Qimei Township, Chimei Township) () is a rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan. The island is the fifth largest in the Pescadores (Penghu) and the southernmost island in th ...

Islet, Penghu County)

Kinmen

Wuqiu Lighthouse The Wuqiu Lighthouse () is a lighthouse in Daqiu Village, Wuqiu Township (Ockseu), Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian Province (Fukien), Republic of China (Taiwan). History The lighthouse was constructed by the Netherlands in 1874 with engineer Da ...

() ( Wuqiu (Ockseu, Wuchiu)) * Beiding Island Lighthouse () (

Beiding Island Beiding Island (Dodd Island, Pei-ting Tao, Beiding Dao, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) (, pinyin: ''Běidìng Dǎo'') is an island located east of Greater Kinmen in Jinhu Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Repub ...

) * Dongding Island Lighthouse () (

Dongding Island Dongding Island () is an 0.0160 square kilometer island in the Taiwan Strait in Jinhu Township, Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). The island is the southernmost point of Kinmen County. The island is near Longh ...

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Matsu (Lienchiang County)

Dongyong Lighthouse The Dongyong Lighthouse () or Tungyung Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the eastern side of Dongyin Island (Tungyung, Dongyong) in Dongyin Township, Lienchiang County, Fujian Province, Taiwan. History In the late 19th century, Qing Dynasty opened a ...

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Dongquan Lighthouse The Dongquan Lighthouse () or Dongju Island Lighthouse () is a lighthouse on Dongju Island, Juguang Township, Lienchiang County, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). History The lighthouse was built by the British Empire in 1872 to guid ...

() ( Dongjyu Island)

Pratas and Spratlys

* Tai-ping Island Lighthouse * Tung-sha Island Lighthouse (to be reestablished)

External links

List of Taiwan lighthouses - Directorate General of Customs, Republic of China
* {{Asia topic, List of lighthouses in

Lighthouses A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mark ...

Northern Taiwan

Central Taiwan

Southern Taiwan

Eastern Taiwan

Penghu The Penghu (, Hokkien POJ: ''Phîⁿ-ô͘'' or ''Phêⁿ-ô͘'' ) or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait, located approximately west from the main island of Taiwan, covering an area ...

Kinmen

Matsu (Lienchiang County)

Pratas and Spratlys

See also

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