The Republic of Ecuador is located on the northern Pacific coast of South America between Colombia and Peru. It is in fact named for the Equator, which passes through the northern part of the country. Guayaquil is Ecuador's major seaport, but there are several others, including Puerto Bolívar in the south, Manta on the central coast, and Esmeraldas in the north. Ecuador is divided into 24 provinces (provincias). This page includes lighthouses of the five provinces of the mainland coast. Ecuador also administers the Galápagos Islands and lights on those islands are described on a separate page. The Spanish word for a lighthouse is faro; isla is an island, cabo is a cape, punta is a promontory or point of land, péñon is a rock, arrecife is a reef, bahía is a bay, ría is an estuary or inlet, estrecho is a strait, río is a river, and puerto is a port or harbor. Also, the Spanish word canal means a natural channel, not an artificial canal. Aids to navigation in Ecuador are owned by the Navy (Armada del Ecuador) and maintained by the Aids to Navigation Department (Departamento de Ayudas a Navegación) of the Navy's Oceanographic Institute (Instituto Oceanográfico). ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. EC numbers are Ecuadorian light list numbers, where known, as given by the Admiralty. Admiralty numbers are from volume G of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 111.
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![]() Isla Santa Clara Light INOCAR photo |
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![]() Breakwater Light, Manta photo copyright Michael Boucher; used to permission |
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![]() Punta Jaramijo Light, Manta, May 2010 ex-Panoramio photo copyright mauriciops; used by permission |
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Adjoining pages: North: Colombia Pacific | South: Northern Perú | West: Galápagos
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Posted July 2004. Checked and revised September 24, 2023. Lighthouses: 46. Site copyright 2023 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.