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Phare de Cordouan

Phare de Cordouan, France’s only remaining manually operated lighthouse, stands on a small island in the Gironde estuary...

Renaissance Active Offshore Oldest France

9.6 Brilliant

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La Jument Lighthouse

La Jument Lighthouse, located on Île de la Jument off the coast of Brittany, France, was constructed in 1846 and stands...

France 20TH Century Active Offshore

9.3 Excellent

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Peggy's Cove Lighthouse

The Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse, situated on the southwestern tip of Nova Scotia’s Halifax Harbour, is a historic granite to...

Iconic Canada Coastal Active

9.3 Excellent

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Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, located in Buxton, North Carolina, stands as the tallest brick structure in North America...

19TH Century Coastal Active Brick

9.2 Excellent

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Hook Head Lighthouse

Hook Head Lighthouse, located at the easternmost point of Ireland, is a historic granite tower built in 1793 to warn shi...

Historic Coastal Medieval Active

9.1 Excellent

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Portland Head Light

Portland Head Light, located on Cape Elizabeth, Maine, is a granite Romanesque structure built in 1872 and served as the...

Historic Coastal Active Colonial

8.8 Great

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Suomenlinna Lighthouse

Suomenlinna Lighthouse, situated on Kotlin Island within the Suomenlinna Fortress complex, is a historic stone structure...

Active Island Finland Harbor

8.3 Great

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Sambro Island Lighthouse

Located on Sambro Island, Nova Scotia, the Sambro Island Lighthouse was constructed in 1846 and stands as a granite towe...

18TH Century Active Island Nova Scotia

8.2 Great

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Marshall Point Lighthouse

Located on Seabreeze Avenue in Freeport, Maine, the Marshall Point Light is a granite tower built in 1825 and automated...

Maine Active Museum Harbor

8.1 Great

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Lizard Lighthouse

Located on the southwestern tip of Euboea Island in Greece, Lizard Lighthouse stands as a cylindrical limestone structur...

18TH Century England Coastal Active

8.0 Great

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Sandy Hook Lighthouse

Completed in 1879, the Sandy Hook Lighthouse stands as the oldest standing lighthouse in New Jersey and served as the fi...

New Jersey Active Colonial Harbor

7.8 Good

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Alcatraz Island Lighthouse

The Alcatraz Island Lighthouse, constructed in 1851, was a manually operated Fresnel lens lighthouse guiding ships throu...

California Active Island West Coast

7.8 Good

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Happisburgh Lighthouse

Standing on the Norfolk coast since 1796, the Happisburgh Lighthouse is a manually operated tower built to warn mariners...

18TH Century England Coastal Active

7.7 Good

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Flamborough Head Lighthouse

Flamborough Head Lighthouse, situated on the easternmost point of Yorkshire’s dramatic coastline, stands as a towering g...

18TH Century England Coastal Active

7.7 Good

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BA

Baily Lighthouse

Located on the remote Isle of Eigg in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, Baily Lighthouse was built in 1936 and stands as a dist...

19TH Century Ireland Active Dublin

7.5 Good

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Point Wilson Lighthouse

Point Wilson Lighthouse, located on the southwestern tip of Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula, stands as the oldest c...

Washington 20TH Century Active Harbor

7.3 Good

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Utö Lighthouse

Utö Lighthouse, located on the remote Utö island in the Baltic Sea, was built in 1862 and stands as a distinctive red-an...

18TH Century Active Island Finland

7.1 Good

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Owls Head Lighthouse

Located on a rocky headland in Camden, Maine, the Owls Head Lighthouse stands as a granite tower built in 1858 to guide...

19TH Century Coastal Maine Active

6.9 Fair

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Green Point Lighthouse

The Green Point Lighthouse, situated on the southwestern tip of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, began operation in 1846 and s...

South Africa 19TH Century Active Harbor

6.9 Fair

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Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse

Holyhead Breakwater Lighthouse, built in 1906, stands on a granite breakwater extending into the Menai Strait, providing...

19TH Century Active Wales Harbor

6.9 Fair