El Bahar Tower Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About El Bahar Tower Lighthouse
Built in 2008, El Bahar Tower is a 42-meter-high skeletal steel structure located approximately 6 kilometers offshore from Port Said, Egypt. The tower displays red and white horizontal bands and stands at the same height as its focal plane. Its white light operates with an isophase characteristic, displaying a 2-second cycle. This navigational aid is situated within the Suez Canal's approach channels, between the original western entrance and the eastern bypass. The nearest port is Port Said, which lies 2.5 kilometers away.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is indispensable for the safe transit of commercial vessels navigating the Suez Canal, marking the critical separation between the original canal entrance and the bypass.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Isophase
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 2s
- Raw Code
- Iso W 2s
- Focal Height
- 42m
- Light Range
- 15NM (27.8 km)
- Geographic Range
- 17.4NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 2008
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Port Said(2.5 km)
- Admiralty No.
- N5978.6
- NGA No.
- 21292.5
- Wikidata
- Q115161265 →
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 42m
- Tower Shape
- skeletal
- Tower Color
- with red and white horizontal bands
- Material
- steel
Structure: skeletal tower, painted with red and white horizontal bands
Location
- City
- Port Said
- Country
- 🇪🇬Egypt
- Region
- Port Said
- Sea Region
- Suez Canal, between the approach channels to the original Canal (western) entrance and the Bypass (eastern) entrance, about 6 km offshore.
- Latitude
- 31.3022°
- Longitude
- 32.3573°
Nearby Vessels
اعثر على منارة El Bahar Tower على الخريطة البحرية المباشرة
خطّط رحلاتك قرب Egypt، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.