This is a list of lighthouses in Jamaica. There are nine onshore lighthouses in operation and two offshore.
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Lover’s Leap Lighthouse,
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Negril Lighthouse,
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Rose Hall Lighthouse
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Middlesex
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Galina Lighthouse,
Galina
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Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse
Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse guides vessels westward on their approach to Kingston Harbour. It appears to be a historic daybeacon converted to a lighted aid. It is located on a bluff on the west side of the harbour entrance, opposite Port Royal. It p ...
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Portland Lighthouse,
Portland Point
Portland Point is the southernmost point in Jamaica.UK Directorate of Overseas Surveys 1:50,000 map of Jamaica sheet H, 1973. It is halfway along the island's south coast at the end of a hilly peninsula in Clarendon. A large bay, Portland Bight ...
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Surrey
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Folly Lighthouse
Built in 1888, Folly Lighthouse is a brick tower with lantern and gallery. It flashes a white light every 10 seconds that is visible for . The light is solar powered. A garden surrounds the lighthouse. ,
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Morant Point Lighthouse
Morant Point Lighthouse is on the easternmost tip of Jamaica, and is the oldest lighthouse on the island.
Description
Erected in 1841 by Kru men from Africa (who were among the free Africans brought to Jamaica in the period following emancipation ...
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Morant Point
Morant Point in Saint Thomas Parish is the easternmost point of mainland Jamaica and the site of Morant Point Lighthouse.
History
It is called ''Cape Morante'' on several early maps including one dated 1572. It has had the name ''Morant Point'' ...
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Plumb Point Lighthouse
Plumb Point Lighthouse is an active 19th century heritage lighthouse, located on the Palisadoes a narrow peninsular that connects Port Royal to the mainland. The light helps guide shipping into Kingston Harbour.
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Morant Cays Lighthouse
Morant Cays Lighthouse is south east of Jamaica on the easternmost point of North-East Cay in the Morant Cays. ,
Morant Cays
The Morant Cays is an offshore island group 51 km Points of the compass#Compass point names, SSE off Morant Point, Jamaica. It is one of two offshore island groups belonging to Jamaica, the other one is the Pedro Bank#Cays, rocks and reefs, Pedr ...
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Pedro Cays Lighthouse
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Pedro Cays Lighthouse is a lighted beacon south of Jamaica on the north side of Northeast Cay (Top Cay) in the Pedro Cays.Pedro Bank
Pedro Bank is a large bank of sand and coral, partially covered with seagrass, about 80 km south and southwest of Jamaica, rising steeply from a seabed of 800 metres depth. It slopes gently from the Pedro Cays to the west and north with depths f ...
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See also
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Transport in Jamaica
Transport in Jamaica consists of roadways, railways, ship and air transport, with roadways forming the backbone of the island's internal transport system.
Roadways
The Jamaican road network consists of almost 21,000 kilometres of roads, of whi ...
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Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
This article contains links to lists of lighthouses around the world. According to ''Lighthouse Directory'', there are more than 18,600 lighthouses worldwide.
Africa
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References
External links
The lighthouses of Jamaica Frans Eijgenraam, 2000.
Lighthouses Jamaica National Heritage Trust, 2005.
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NGA List of Lights – Pub.110Retrieved 29 December 2016
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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 ...
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
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 ...