Cigu District Lighthouse Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Cigu District Lighthouse Lighthouse
The Cigu District Lighthouse, built in 1971, stands on a square stone foundation in Cigu township. This tapered, square skeletal tower, painted with black and white horizontal bands, reaches a height of 33 meters. It displays a white light with a characteristic of one flash every 15 seconds, visible for 16 nautical miles. The current lighthouse replaced an earlier structure destroyed by a typhoon in July 1970. The site is accessible to the public, though the tower itself is closed.
Why it matters: This lighthouse marks Taiwan's westernmost point and helps define the coastline for shipping lanes in the Taiwan Strait.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Flash Count
- 2 flashes
- Interval
- 15s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 15s
- Focal Height
- 34m
- Geographic Range
- 16NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1971
Significant events: original lighthouse destroyed by typhoon in July 1970
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 33m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- with black and white horizontal bands
- Material
- stone
Structure: tapered square skeletal tower with lantern and gallery, mounted on a square stone foundation
Location
- City
- Tainan
- Country
- 🇹🇼Taiwan
- Sea Region
- westernmost point of Taiwan, in Cigu township about 16 km northwest of Tainan
- Latitude
- 23.1007°
- Longitude
- 120.0360°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- An Ping(9.9 km)
- Admiralty No.
- P4630
- NGA No.
- 13840
- ARLHS No.
- TAI-013
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