The People's Republic of China (PRC), known officially as Zhōnghuá (中华), has a lengthy coastline, many large harbors, and a large number of lighthouses. The country is divided into 23 provinces and 11 other province-level regions of various special types. The province of Guǎngdōng (formerly spelled Kwangtung) is located on the southern coast of the country facing the South China Sea. Its coastline is rugged and irregular, with many islands and reefs threatening unwary navigators. Guǎngdōng is divided into 21 prefectural-level cities. The prefectural-level city of Zhànjiāng is a major port near the south end of the province. This page lists lighthouses of the Léizhōu Peninsula at the southern end of Zhànjiāng Prefecture. The peninsula separates the South China Sea on the east from the Běibù Wān or Northern Bay (Gulf of Tonkin) on the west. The 30 km (19 mi) wide Qióngzhōu Strait separates the end of the peninsula from the island province of Hǎinán. The peninsula is the southernmost point of mainland China. There are many languages and dialects spoken in China, but Standard Chinese, often called Mandarin, is official. The pīnyīn system for transliterating Standard Chinese into Latin characters is now the international standard but some locations continue to be known also under the spellings of older transliteration systems. The Chinese word for a lighthouse is dēngtǎ (灯塔). In Standard Chinese jiāo (formerly chiao) is a reef or rock, jiǎo is a cape or headland, dǎo (tao) is an island; yǔ (tsu) or tuózi ("lump") is a small island, hǎi is a sea, wān is a bay, hǎixiá is a strait, hé or jiāng is a river, hékǒu ("river mouth") is an estuary, and gǎng (kang) is a harbor. Lighthouses in China are maintained by the PRC Maritime Safety Administration. The administration is organized in four regional administrations, with district offices in the major ports. The lights on this page are maintained by the Zhànjiāng MSA office, which is included in the Guǎngzhōu Region. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. CN numbers are the MSA List of Lights (助航标志表) numbers. Admiralty numbers are from volume P of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.
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Xúwén County Lighthouses
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![]() Shāngǒuhǒu Light, Xúwén County PRC MSA Guǎngdōng Region photo |
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Léizhōu Peninsula West Coast (Běibù Wān, Gulf of Tonkin) Lighthouses
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Adjoining pages: North: Zhànjiāng | South: Northeastern Hǎinán | West: Běihǎi
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Posted December 17, 2008. Checked and revised April 9, 2024. Lighthouses: 45. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.