List of lighthouses in Jamaica

Negril Lighthouse.

This is a list of lighthouses in Jamaica. There are nine onshore lighthouses in operation and two offshore.^[1] They are maintained by the Port Authority of Jamaica, an agency of the Ministry of Transport and Works.^[1]

Cornwall

• Lover’s Leap Lighthouse, Southfield * 17°52′08.7″N 77°39′38.0″W / 17.869083°N 77.660556°W / 17.869083; -77.660556 (Lover’s Leap Lighthouse)

• Negril Lighthouse, Negril * 18°14′55.0″N 78°21′38.2″W / 18.248611°N 78.360611°W / 18.248611; -78.360611 (Negril Lighthouse)

• Rose Hall Lighthouse, St James * 18°31′24.6″N 77°48′47.5″W / 18.523500°N 77.813194°W / 18.523500; -77.813194 (Rose Hall Lighthouse)

Middlesex

• Galina Lighthouse, Galina * 18°24′36.13″N 76°53′33.32″W / 18.4100361°N 76.8925889°W / 18.4100361; -76.8925889 (Galina Lighthouse)

• Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse, Westmoreland * 18°14′54.35″N 77°21′37.84″W / 18.2484306°N 77.3605111°W / 18.2484306; -77.3605111 (Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse)

• Portland Lighthouse, Portland Point * 17°44′32.43″N 77°9′27.38″W / 17.7423417°N 77.1576056°W / 17.7423417; -77.1576056 (Portland Lighthouse)

Surrey

• Folly Lighthouse, Port Antonio * 18°11′19.9″N 76°26′35.17″W / 18.188861°N 76.4431028°W / 18.188861; -76.4431028 (Folly Lighthouse)

• Morant Point Lighthouse, Morant Point * 17°55′6.43″N 76°11′3.47″W / 17.9184528°N 76.1842972°W / 17.9184528; -76.1842972 (Morant Point Lighthouse)

• Plumb Point Lighthouse, Palisadoes * 17°55′43.2″N 76°46′41.58″W / 17.928667°N 76.7782167°W / 17.928667; -76.7782167 (Plumb Point Lighthouse)

Offshore

• Morant Cays Lighthouse, Morant Cays * 17°55′6.43″N 76°11′3.47″W / 17.9184528°N 76.1842972°W / 17.9184528; -76.1842972 (Morant Cays Lighthouse)

• Pedro Cays Lighthouse, Pedro Bank * 17°3′0.2″N 77°46′0.82″W / 17.050056°N 77.7668944°W / 17.050056; -77.7668944 (Pedro Cays Lighthouse)

See also

• Transport in Jamaica
• Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels

References

1. 1 2 Annual Transport Statistics Report: Jamaica in Figures 2003-2004, Ministry of Transport and Works, July 2005.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lighthouses in Jamaica.

• The lighthouses of Jamaica, Frans Eijgenraam, 2000.
• Lighthouses, Jamaica National Heritage Trust, 2005.
• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Jamaica". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 
• List of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals Atlantic Coast

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Lighthouses of Jamaica
Folly Lighthouse Galina Lighthouse Lazaretto Cairn (light structure) Lover's Leap Lighthouse Morant Cays Lighthouse (offshore) Morant Point Lighthouse Negril Lighthouse Pedro Cays Lighthouse (offshore) Plumb Point Lighthouse Portland Cottage (light structure) Rose Hall (light structure)