Lighthouses of Russia: Eastern Chukotka

Russia (Россия, Rossiya in Russian) is by far the world's largest country, spanning a little over 150° in longitude. It is organized as the Russian Federation (Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) with members known as federal subjects (sub'yekty federatsii). Russia is primarily a continental nation but it has important coastlines on the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas and very long coastlines on the Arctic Ocean and North Pacific Oceans. To guard these coasts it operates hundreds of lighthouses, many of them historic.

The Chokotka Autonomous Okrug (autonomous district) is the easternmost of the members of the Russian Federation. Chukotka includes the Chukchi Peninsula, the easternmost extension of Siberia, reaching toward Alaska. Chukotka has coastlines facing north on the East Siberian Sea and Chukchi Sea (basins of the Arctic Ocean), east on the Bering Strait, and south on the Bering Sea (an extension of the North Pacific Ocean). This page has lighthouses of the Bering Strait and Bering Sea; there is a separate page for lighthouses of the Arctic coast. Administratively Chukotka is divided into six districts (rayony).

Although Russian explorers reached this remote area in the 17th century and mapped it in the 18th century full control by the Russian Empire did not occur before late in the 19th century.

The Bering Strait coast of Russia is a closed military zone, open to foreign visitors only in organized groups. Adventure cruise ships and ecotours sometimes visit specific locations on the coast but unauthorized vessels are subject to arrest. As a result no photos are available for many of the lighthouses. If you have or can locate additional photos please let me know.

The Russian word for a lighthouse is mayak (маяк); ostrov is an island, poluostrov is a peninsula, kosa is a sandy spit, rif is a reef, mys is a cape, bukhta is a bay, zaliv is a larger bay or gulf, proliv is a strait, reka is a river, and gavan' is a harbor.

Russian lighthouses are owned by the Russian Navy and maintained by the Office of Navigation and Oceanography (Управление навигации и океанографии).

ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume M of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals, and U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.

General Sources
Lighthouses of the USSR - Far Eastern Seas
This Russian-language reference provides valuable historical information.
World of Lighthouses - Arctic Coast of Russia
Photos by various photographers available from Lightphotos.net.
Online List of Lights - Russia - Pacific Coast
Photos by various photographers posted by Alexander Trabas.
Russian Lighthouse Society
A useful reference.
Chukotka
Map of Chukotka from rohrmannspace.net.
GPSNauticalCharts
Navigational chart information for Bering Strait.

Cape Dezhneva Light, Bering Strait, July 2018
Google Maps photo by Roma Kravchenko

Chukotsky District (Bering Strait) Lighthouses

Cape Dezhnev and Diomede Islands Lighthouses
Mys Dezhneva (Cape Dezhnev, East Cape, Pamyatnik Dezhneva)
Date unknown. Inactive but listed with listed with focal plane 80 m (262 ft); white light, 2 s on, 4 s off. 10 m (33 ft) square pyramidal solid concrete monument (pamyatnik) with a small lantern and gallery. The tower is unpainted; lantern painted red. A keeper's house and other buildings are abandoned. Roma Kravchenko's 2018 closeup photo is at the top of this page, Aditya Singh has a 2021 photo, Dave Wiltzius has a 2016 closeup and a distant view, Lightphotos.net has Harry Shave's view from below the lighthouse, and Google has a satellite view. The light has no visible power source. Mys Dezhneva is the easternmost cape of Siberia, facing Alaska across the Bering Strait. The bust mounted on the lighthouse is that of Semyon Dezhnev (or Dezhnyov), who sailed around the cape from the mouth of the Kolyma River in the Arctic Ocean to the Anadyr River in 1648, eighty years before the strait was rediscovered by Vitus Bering. The monument apparently dates from about 1910 but the light was only added much later, probably in the 1950s. The lighthouse is on the southeastern side of the rounded cape, where it guides vessels bound for Dezhnevo, the easternmost village of Russia. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS ASR-053; Admiralty M8232; NGA 15260.
Ostrov Ratmanova (Big Diomede Island) (2)
Date unknown. Probably inactive; listed with focal plane 42 m (138 ft); white flash every 5 s. NGA lists a 4 m (13 ft) square pyramidal wood tower painted white. No photo available and Google's satellite view is not very informative. The Admiralty dropped its listing of the light in 2020. The Diomede Islands (Big Diomede and Little Diomede) are located in the middle of the Bering Strait between Siberia and Alaska. The 1867 treaty in which Russia sold Alaska to the United States placed the border between the two countries between the two islands, with Big Diomede (Ratmanova) in Russia and Little Diomede (Ignaluk) in the U.S. The International Date Line coincides with the international border, so the two islands are always in different days; Alaskans sometimes refer to Big Diomede as "Tomorrow Island." Big Diomede is 45 km (28 mi) southeast of Cape Dezhnev. There is no permanent population but Russia has a weather station and a border patrol post on the island. The light is above the weather station on the north side of the island. Site and tower closed. ARLHS ASR-004; ex-Admiralty M8226; NGA 15268.

Lavrentia Area Lighthouses
Lavrentiya (population about 1300) is the district center for Chukotsky District and is the easternmost town in Russia.
Mys Nunyamo
Date unknown. Active (?); focal plane 18 m (59 ft); white light, 2 s on, 8 s off. 8 m (26 ft) square pyramidal tower. No photo available but Google has a distant satellite view of the location. Located on a cape on the north side of the entrance to Lavrentiya. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8220; NGA 15272.
Lavrentiya
Date unknown. Inactive; listed by NGA with focal plane 35 m (115 ft); red flash every 1.5 s. 7 m (23 ft) square pyramidal skeletal tower. Marina Lystseva has a distant view and Google has a satellite view. The light does not appear active in the photo and the Admiralty dropped its listing of the light in 2020. Located on a hillside just north of the village. Site open, tower closed. ex-Admiralty M8217; NGA 15281.1.
Mys Khargilakh
Date unknown. Inactive; listed by NGA with focal plane 13 m (43 ft); white flash every 5 s. 11 m (36 ft) square skeletal tower. Marina Lystseva has a distant view (a portion is seen at right) but the tower is not seen clearly in Google's satellite view. The Admiralty dropped its listing of the light in 2020. Located on a headland sheltering the east side of the Lavrentiya waterfront. Site status unknown, probably open. ex-Admiralty M8216; NGA 15281.
Kriguygun (Mys Krigygun)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 22 m (72 ft); white flash every 4 s. 9 m (30 ft) square pyramidal tower, painted white with a black vertical stripe. No photo available and Google has only a very distant satellite view of the cape. Located on a prominent cape south of the entrance to Lavrentia Bay. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8214; NGA 15280.

Mys Khargilakh Light, Lavrentiya, July 2008
Google Maps photo by Marina Lystseva
Sklon (Lorino)
Date unknown. Inactive; listed by NGA with focal plane 20 m (66 ft); white flash every 5 s. 11 m (36 ft), described by NGA as "metal post, platform" carrying a green rectangular daymark, but Bing's satellite view has the shadow of a substantial tower. No photo available. The Admiralty dropped its listing of the light in 2020. Located on a bluff about 4 km (2.5 mi) east of Lorino, a Chukchi village about 40 km (25 mi) southwest of Lavrentiya. Site status unknown. ex-Admiralty M8212; NGA 15282.

Providensky District Lighthouses

Yanrakynnot and Cape Chaplina Area Lighthouses
Mys Nygchigen
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 48 m (157 ft); white flash every 2.5 s. 11 m (30 ft) square pyramidal tower, painted white with a black horizontal band. No photo available and Google has only a very distant satellite view of the cape. NGA misspells the name as Mys Nygligan. Located on a prominent cape about 120 m (75 mi) southwest of the entrance to Lavrentia Bay. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8208; NGA 15284.
Yanrakynnot (Yarakynnot)
Date unknown. Inactive; listed by NGA with focal plane 36 m (118 ft); white flash every 10 s. 11 m (36 ft) square skeletal tower. The tower is to behind the town in Maksim Antipin's aerial photo at right and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located in Yanrakynnot, a Chukchi village of about 300 residents at the entrance to the Venetken lagoon. Site open, tower closed. ex-Admiralty M8195; NGA 15289.1.
Ostrov Arakamchechen
Date unknown. Active (?); focal plane 49 m (161 ft); white light, 2 s on, 8 s off. 11 m (36 ft) post attached to a small rectangular equipment shelter and carrying a slatted daymark painted white with a black vertical stripe. No photo available and Google has only a distant satellite view of the area. Located at the eastern tip of Arakamchechen, a large island southeast of Yanrakynnot. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8210; NGA 15289.
Ostrov Kynkay
Date unknown. Inactive but listed with focal plane 120 m (394 ft); white flash every 2.5 s. 6 m (20 ft) square wood skeletal tower carrying a slatted daymark. Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on a small island in the Senyavina Strait, which separates the large island of Arakamchechen from the mainland. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. ex-Admiralty M8194.2; NGA 15289.3.

Yanrakynnot Light, May 2016
ex-Panoramio photo copyright Maksim Antipin; used by permission
Mys Chaplina (Chaplino, Mys Chaplino)
Date unknown. Inactive; listed by NGA with focal plane 28 m (92 ft); one long white flash every 6 s. 18 m (59 ft) square tapered skeletal tower carrying a daymark painted white with a black vertical stripe. Igor Erofeev's photo is at right but the light is hard to locate in Google's satellite view of the abandoned Soviet station. This looks like a watchtower but it is the only surviving structure that could have carried a light. The Admiralty dropped its listing of the light in 2020. This is one of many Russian Arctic light stations powered during the late Soviet era by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG). According to a Russian Wikipedia article, in 2003 the RTG was found to be emitting 25 times the acceotable level of radiation, but it was not removed until 2012. Cape Chaplina is a sharp point at the convergence of two long gravel spits. The cape is only 58 km (36 mi) northwest of the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS ASR-020; ex-Admiralty M8196; NGA 15300.
Mys Galechnyy
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); white flash every 5 s. 7 m (23 ft) square pyramidal skeletal tower. No photo available but Google has an indistinct satellite view. This light guides vessels toward the Yupik village of Novoye Chaplino, located at the head of Tkachen Bay. Located on a sandy cape on the west side of the bay. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty M8194; NGA 15302.
Ploskiy (Mys Ploskiy)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 55 m (180 ft); one long (2 s) white flash every 10 s. 12 m (39 ft) white pyramidal tower. No photo available but Google's satellite view probably shows the lighthouse. Located on a cape about 80 km (50 mi) southwest of Cape Chaplino. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8192; NGA 15304.
Kivek
Date unknown. Active (?); focal plane 48 m (157 ft); white flash every 4 s. 11 m (36 ft) tower. No photo available but Google has a distant satellite view. Located on a headland about 5 km (3 mi) southwest of Mys Ploskiy. Site status unknown. ex-Admiralty M8190; NGA 15308.
 

Mys Chaplino Light (?), October 2019
Google Maps photo by Igor Erofeev
 

Provideniya Bay Lighthouses
Buhkta Provideniya (Provideniya Bay or Providence Bay) is a protected fjord on the south side of the Chukotskiy Peninsula, on the north side of the Bering Sea. The town of Provideniya, a former Soviet military base, is the district capital. The population was 2151 at the time of the 2018 census.

Lysyy (Gora Lysaya Golova)
Date unknown. Inactive; listed by NGA with focal plane 73 m (240 ft); white flash every 6 s. 6 m (20 ft) square pyramidal tower, the front face painted white with a black vertical stripe. No photo available but Google has only an indistinct satellite view of the area. The Admiralty dropped its listing of the light in 2020. Located on Mys Stoletiyo, the cape on the east side of the entrance to Provideniya Bay. Site status unknown. ex-Admiralty M8188; NGA 15312.
Mys Gaydamak
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 12.5 m (41 ft); red flash every 5 s. 8 m (26 ft) square brick tower. The tower was covered with a white concrete coat, but large sections of this covering have fallen away. Evgeny Basov's photo is at right, Lightphotos.net also has Basov's distant view, Oleg Gofman has a distant view, and Google has a satellite view. Located on Reyd Plover (Plover Spit), a gravel spit on the east side of lower Provideniya Bay. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8186; NGA 15316.
Bukhta Komsomol'skaya Range Front
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); red flash every 1.5 s. 8 m (26 ft) triangular tower painted orange with a white vertical stripe. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Buhkta Komsomol'skaya (also called Bukhta Emma) is a branch off the east side of the larger Provideniya Bay. Located on the east side of the bay opposite Provideniya. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty M8180; NGA 15320.

Mys Gaydamak Light, Provideniya, March 2010
Lightphotos.net photo copyright Evgeny Basov; permission requested
Bukhta Komsomol'skaya Range Rear
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 32 m (105 ft); red flash every 3 s. 9 m (29 ft) triangular tower painted orange with a white vertical stripe. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located 224 m (735 ft) east northeast of the front light. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty M8182; NGA 15324.
Likhachyov (Buhkta Emma, Emma Bay) Range Front
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 37 m (121 ft); green light, 2 s on, 4 s off. 9 m (30 ft) square stone tower, painted white with a red vertical stripe on the range line. A photo by Dave Wiltzius is at right, he has a photo showing both range lights, a wintry photo is available, and Bing has a satellite view. Located on the north side of the entrance to Buhkta Komsomol'skaya from Buhkta Provideniya. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty M8176; NGA 15328.
Likhachyov (Buhkta Emma, Emma Bay) Range Rear
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 51 m (167 ft); green light, 2 s on, 4 s off. 11 m (36 ft) square stone tower, painted white with a red vertical stripe on the range line. Dave Wiltzius has a photo showing both range lights, the light is visible on the hillside to the left in a view of the town and Bing has a satellite view. Located in the town of Provideniya, about 550 m (1/3 mi) northeast of the front light. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty M8178; NGA 15332.
Zapadnyy
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 9 m (30 ft); white flash every 5 s. 6 m (20 ft) pyramidal tower, the front carrying a daymark painted white with a red vertical stripe. No photo available but Google has a distant satellite view. Located on the west side of Provideniya Bay opposite the Mys Gaydamak light. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty M8173; NGA 15336.
Mys Severnyy
Date unknown. Inactive; listed by NGA with focal plane 33 m (108 ft); white flash every 3 s. 7 m (23 ft) square pyramidal skeletal tower. Google has a wintry satellite view. The Admiralty dropped its listing of the light in 2020. Located on a headland on the west side of the entrance to Provideniya Bay. Site status unknown. ex-Admiralty M8172.5; NGA 15340.
Mys Lisovskogo (Mys Lisovskiy, Mys Severnyy) (2)
Date unknown (after 2008). Inactive; listed by NGA with focal plane 49 m (161 ft); white light, 2 s on, 8 s off. 9 m (30 ft) triangular cylindrical skeletal tower attached to a small equipment shelter. Google has a wintry satellite view. Located on the cape on the west side of the entrance to Provideniya Bay. Site status unknown. ex-Admiralty M8172; NGA 15344.
Provideniya Range Light
Likhachyov Range Front Light, July 2007
ex-Panoramio photo copyright Dave Wiltzius; used by permission

Iultinsky District South Coast Lighthouses

Kresta Bay Lighthouses
The Anadyr Gulf is an arm of the Bering Sea on the south side of the Chukotskiy (Chukchi) Peninsula. Kresta Bay is a large bay at the northern end of the Gulf. The bay is 100 km (60 mi) long north to south and 45 km (28 mi) wide. At the head of the bay is the district capital and former gulag settlement of Egvekinot (population 2900), which has an airport and has become a destination for ecotourism. The Iultinsky District also has a long northern coast on the Chukchi Sea; lighthouses of that coast are listed on the Northern Chukotka page.

Mys Meechkyn (Meyechkyn)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 21 m (69 ft); white flash every 6 s. 18 m (59 ft) square cylindrical steel skeletal tower. No photo available and Google has only a fuzzy satellite view of the area. Located at the end of a long spit on the east side of the entrance to Kresta Bay. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8171.75.
Mys Olovyannyy
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 17 m (56 ft); white flash every 4 s. 16 m (59 ft) square cylindrical steel skeletal tower. No photo available but the shadow of the light is seen in Google's too-dark satellite view. The name means "Cape Dangerous." Located at the end of a spit on the east side of the entrance to the upper portion of Kresta Bay. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8169.7.
Bukhta Egvekinot Lower Range Rear
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 24 m (79 ft); white light, 1 s on, 1 s off. 20 m (66 ft) skelatal tower, topped by "round structure" painted black with a white vertical stripe. No photo available and Google has only a fuzzy satellite view of the area. This range guides vessels departing Egvekinot. Located on a spit on the east side of the entrance to Egvekinot Bay. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8171.51.
Bukhta Egvekinot Lower Range Front
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); quick-flashing white light. 10 m (66 ft) square skelatal tower carrying a daymark painted black with a white vertical stripe. No photo available but the shadow of the light is seen in Google's too-dark satellite view. Located 463 m (1/4 mi) north of the rear light. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8171.5.
Bukhta Egvekinot Entrance Range Front
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 20 m (66 ft); white flash every 3 s. 10 m (66 ft) square skelatal tower carrying a daymark painted red with a white vertical stripe. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on the east side of Egvekinot Bay across from the town. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8171.7.
Bukhta Egvekinot Entrance Range Rear
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 41 m (135 ft); continuous white light. 10 m (66 ft) square skelatal tower carrying a daymark painted red with a white vertical stripe. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located 420 m (1/4 mi) northeast of the front light. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8171.71.
Mys Kruzenshterna
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 20 m (66 ft); white flash every 3 s. 12 m (39 ft) square cylindrical steel skeletal tower; the upper portion of the tower is enclosed by a slatted daymark painted with red and white horizontal bands. Evgeny Basov's photo is at right but the light is not seen in Google's too-dark satellite view. Located at the end of a spit on the west side of the entrance to the upper portion of Kresta Bay. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8169.9.

Mys Kruzenshterna Light, Kresta Bay, August 2018
Lightphotos.net photo copyright Evgeny Basov; permission requested

Anadyrsky District Lighthouses

Anadyr Estuary Lighthouses
The town of Anadyr, the capital of Chukotka, is located on Onemen Bay, an estuary that forms an arm of the Anadyr Gulf. With a population of about 16,000, it is the largest settlement of Russia's far northeast.

Russkaya Koshka
1954. Active; focal plane 31 m (102 ft); white flash every 6 s. 28 m (92 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower with gallery, painted with red and white horizontal bands. A square brick crew building with a square tower centered on the roof stands next to the lighthouse. A photo by Evgeny Basov is at right, he has another photo (first photo on the page), Lighthouses of the USSR has a page for the lighthouse, and an article describes solar eclipse observations at the station in 1972, with a photo showing the present light tower. Google has only a very distant satellite view of the location. Russkaya Koshka is a 16 km (10 mi) long sand spit at the north side of the entrance to the Anadyr Estuary. The lighthouse is at the end of the spit. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty M8162.
Mys Nikolaya Range Front
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 15 m (49 ft); white flash every 3 s. 12 m (39 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower surrounded by a white daymark with a red vertical stripe. Google has an indistinct satellite view. This is an eastbound range guiding vessels departing the estuary. Located on a spit on the east side of the estuary about 16 km (10 mi) northwest of the Russkaya Koshka station. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8164.
Mys Nikolaya Range Rear
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 44 m (144 ft); continuous white light. 25 m (82 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower surrounded by a white daymark with a red vertical stripe. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on the mainland 3.3 km (2.1 mi) east of the front light. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8164.1.
Salamatova Range Front
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 16 m (52 ft); white light, 1 s on, 1 s off. 9 m (30 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower carrying a white daymark with a red vertical stripe. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. This is a westbound range for vessels entering the estuary. Located on the Salamatova spit about 10 km (6 mi) west of Mys Nikolaya. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8164.5.

Russkaya Koshka Station, Anadyr, May (!) 2013
Lightphotos.net photo copyright Evgeny Basov; permission requested
Salamatova Range Rear
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 37 m (121 ft); continuous white light. 21 m (69 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower carrying a white daymark with a red vertical stripe. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located 611 m (2000 ft) northwest of the front light. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8164.6.
Mys Salamatova
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 21 m (69 ft); flash every 6 s, red or white depending on direction. 16 m (52 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower painted with red and white horizontal bands. Google has a satellite view. Located on the tip of the Salamatova spit. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8165.
Mys Konstantina
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 35 m (115 ft); one long white flash every 5 s. 10 m (33 ft) square skeletal tower painted black; most of the tower is surrounded by a round daymark painted with red and white horizontal bands. Google has a satellite view. Located on a bluff about 5 km (3 mi) northwest of Mys Salamatova. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8166.5.
Ostrov Alyumka
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 31 m (102 ft); white flash every 4 s. 10 m (33 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower with gallery. Svetlana Evfratova's photo is at right, Russian Wikipedia has an aerial photo, and Google has a satellite view. Located atop a small island in the Anadyr Estuary, about 8 km (5 mi) southeast of the town of Anadyr. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty M8167.
Mys Observatsii Range Front
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 28 m (92 ft); quick-flashing red light. 10 m (33 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower carrying a red daymark with a white vertical stripe. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. This is a northbound range for vessels approaching Anadyr. Located on a bluff across the estuary from Anadyr. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8167.5.
Mys Observatsii Range Rear
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 46 m (151 ft); red light, 1 s on, 1 s off. 10 m (33 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower carrying a red daymark with a white vertical stripe. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located about 800 m (1/2 mi) north of the front light. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8167.51.
Mys Observatsii
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 54 m (177 ft); one long red flash every 6 s. 10 m (33 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower with gallery, painted red. Marina Lystseva has a distant view from the bay and Google has a satellite view. Located on a promontory across the estuary from Anadyr. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8168.
Bukhta Melkaya Range Front (twin towers)
Date unknown. Active (?); focal plane 57 m (187 ft); two very quick-flashing red lights. Two 25 m (82 ft) square cylindrical skeletal towers carrying a white daymark with a black vertical stripe. Google has a satellite view. Located on the northeast side of Shakhtyorsky, a town on the east side of the estuary north of Mys Observatsii. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8169; NGA 15345.

Ostrov Alyumka Light, Anadyr, August 2018
Google Maps photo by Svetlana Evfratova
Bukhta Melkaya Range Rear
Date unknown. Active (?); focal plane 102 m (335 ft); red light, 1.5 s on, 1.5 s off. 25 m (82 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower carrying a white daymark with a black vertical stripe. Google has a satellite view. Located 732 m (0.45 mi) east northeast of the front lights. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8169.1; NGA 15345.01.
* [Anadyr Stele]
Date unknown. Not recognized as a lighted aid to navigation, although a streetlight-style lamp illuminates the stele at night. Approx. 10 m (33 ft) stele on a pyramidal base. Vadim Klimkin has a photo and Google has a satellite view. The stele (monument) carries the arms of the city at the top. Located on a point of land on the waterfront of Anadyr. Site open, tower closed.
Dionisiya Range Front
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 17 m (56 ft); quick-flashing white light. 11 m (36 ft) square skeletal tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on the west side of the bay about 15 km ( mi) south of Anadyr. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8166.
Dionisiya Range Rear
Date unknown. Active; focal plane and light characteristic unknown. Approx. 25 m (82 ft) square skeletal tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located about 400 m (1/4 mi) west northwest of the front light. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8166.1.
Mys Geka
1954. Active; focal plane 28 m (92 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 20 m (66 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower, painted red. Google has a satellite view. Located on the spit at the west side of the entrance to the estuary. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8160.

Southern Anadyr Gulf Lighthouses
Barykova (Mys Barykova) (2)
1974 (station established 1947). Active; focal plane 103 m (338 ft); white flash every 4 s. 8 m (26 ft) octagonal concrete tower, painted red. The Russian Lighthouse Society has the photo seen at right but the tower has not been found in Google's wintry satellite view of the area. Located on a mountainous cape marking the eastern end of the Koryak Range and the southern entrance to the Anadyr Gulf. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8159; NGA 112-15356.
Beringovskiy Range Front
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 19 m (62 ft); red light occulting once every 4 s. 13 m (43 ft) square white concrete tower; the front side is painted black with a white vertical stripe. No photo available but Google has an indistinct satellite view. Beringovskiy is a small coal mining port near the southern end of the Anadyr Gulf. Located on the waterfront in Beringovskiy. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty M8157; NGA 15353.
 

Mys Barykova Light, Anadyr
unattributed photo posted by Russian Lighthouse Society
 
Beringovskiy Range Rear
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 51 m (167 ft); red flash every 3 s. 10 m (33 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower carrying a red daymark with a white vertical stripe. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located about 1.9 km (1.2 mi) west of the front light. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8157.1; NGA 15353.1.
Mys Korobitsyna
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 55 m (180 ft); white flash every 6 s. 12 m (39 ft) round tower, painted with red and white horizontal bands, atop a square skeletal base. No photo available and Google has only a fuzzy satellite view of the cape. Located on a headland about 100 km (60 mi) north of Cape Navarin. Site status unknown. Admiralty M8153; NGA 15352.
Mys Navarin (Cape Navarin)
1989. Active; focal plane 75 m (246 ft); white flash every 8 s. 17 m (56 ft) octagonal concrete tower, probably with lantern and gallery, painted with red and white horizontal bands. One of Evgeny Basov's photos is at right and Lighthouses of the USSR has his photo on its page for the lighthouse, but Google has only a very distant satellite view of the area. In 2003 the radionuclide thermoelectric generator (RTG) powering the lighthouse was found to be leaking dangerous amounts of radiation, causing the lighthouse to be shut down and a difficult cleanup planned. In 2007 the radioactivity was removed and the lighthouse reactivated on solar power. Located on Cape Navarin, which projects into the Bering Sea at the southernmost end of the Anadyr Gulf. The cape is reputed to have the stormiest weather in all of Russia. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty M8150; NGA 15348.

Mys Navarin Light, Anadyr, summer 2015
LiveJournal photo copyright Evgeny Basov; permission requested

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Posted May 19, 2006. Checked and revised June 22, 2024. Lighthouses: 53. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.