Lighthouses of Indonesia: Eastern Java

The Republic of Indonesia has been independent since 1945 after having been the Dutch East Indies for more than 350 years. It is a huge country, stretching along both sides of the Equator for more than 46 degrees of longitude (roughly 5100 km or 3200 miles). Comprised of some 17,000 islands (more than 6000 inhabited islands), it has hundreds of major aids to navigation.

The island of Java (Jawa in Indonesian) is the heart of the country and home to 57% of the population. In fact, with more than 140 million residents it is the world's most populous island. The national capital, Jakarta, is on the northwestern coast of Java.

Indonesia is divided into 38 provinces (provinsi) and the provinces are subdivided into county units called regencies (kabupaten). This page includes lighthouses of the mainland regencies of East Java (Jawa Timur) Province. In addition to the east end of Java, East Java Province also includes the island of Madura and a number of nearby smaller islands; their lighthouses are described on a separate page.

More than 700 languages are spoken in Indonesia. The official national language, Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), was standardized from a form of Malay that served as a lingua franca across the archipelago. In Indonesian a lighthouse is a mercusuar or a menara suar. Tanjung is a cape, ujung is a headland or point of land, bukit is a hill, sungai is a river, kuala or muara is an estuary or river mouth, pulau is an island, karang is a reef, batu is a rock, laut is a sea, selat is a strait, teluk is a bay, pelabuhan is a harbor, and labuhan is a port.

The original Dutch names of historic lighthouses, if known, are shown in curly brackets {}.

Aids to navigation in Indonesia are operated and maintained by the Directorate of Marine Navigation within the Directorate General of Sea Transportation

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

General Sources
Leuchttürme in Indonesien
Photos posted by Andreas Köhler.
Lighthouses in Indonesia
Wikimedia photos, including a collection of historic photos from the collection of the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam.
World of Lighthouses - Indonesia
Photos by various photographers available from Lightphotos.net.
Online List of Lights - Indonesia
Photos by various photographers posted by Alexander Trabas.
Indonesia
Historic postcard views from the collection of Michel Forand.
Leuchttürme Asiens, Australiens, und Ozeaniens auf historischen Postkarten
Historic postcard views posted by Klaus Huelse.
Navionics Charts
Navigation chart for Java.

Tanjung Awarawar Light, Tuban, August 2021
Google Maps photo by Kus Wantono

North Coast (Java Sea) Lighthouses

Tuban Regency Lighthouses
Tambakbojo (Tanjung Awarawar) Range Rear
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 20 m (66 ft); light characteristic unknown. Approx. 20 m (66 ft) square white skeletal tower on a platform supported by piles. Lukman Edi Purnomo has a distant view, and Google has a satellite view. The front light is on a skeletal mast at the end of the Tambakbojo pier. Located on the west side of the pier. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1145.25.
* Tambakbojo
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 30 m (98 ft); white flash every 3 s. 28 m (95 ft) round concrete cement silo. Google has a street view and a satellite view. Located at the Tambakbojo cement plant at Socorejo, about 30 km (19 mi) northwest of Tuban. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1145.5; NGA 23586.
Tanjung Awarawar (2)
Date unknown (around 2018). Active; focal plane 70 m (230 ft); white flash every 10 s. Approx. 30 m (98 ft) octagonal white concrete tower centered on a square 1-story building. A photo by Kus Wantono is at the top of this page and Google has a satellite view. Google has a 2015 street view of the earlier lighthouse, an approx. 30 m (98 ft) square skeletal tower with lantern and gallery. Located in an oil refinery on a prominent cape at Mentoso near the western boundary of East Java Province. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1145; NGA 23574.

Lamongan Regency Lighthouse
* [Brondong Lamongan]
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); white flash every 5 s. 12 m (39 ft) white mast. Jus Qomar has a street view and Google has a satellite view. Located on the east side of the harbor entrance in Brondong. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1147.
* Brondong (Van der Wijck Monument)
1938. Inactive for many years. 8 m (26 ft) square masonry tower, currently painted beige. This tower was built by Dutch authorities to recognize the heroism of the fishermen of Brondong, who saved most of the passengers and crew of the steamship Van der Wijck when it wrecked nearby in October 1936. The tower was active as a lighthouse for only a few years. Datuk Kalu has a 2019 closeup photo, the Lamongan tourism office also has a page for the tower including the photo at right and a photo gallery, and Google has a street view and an indistinct satellite view. Located on the east side of the harbor entrance in Brondong. Site open, tower may also be open.
Tanjung Kodok
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 42 m (138 ft); white flash every 4 s. 40 m (131 ft) tapered square skeletal tower painted white. Google has a satellite view and an indistinct street view. Located on the waterfront at Tanjung Kodok, about 15 km (9 mi) east of Brondong. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1148.

Van der Wijck Monument Light, Brondong
Lamongan Tourism photo

Gresik Regency: Pulau Bawean Lighthouses
Pulau Bawean is a roughly circular island, about 15 km (9 mi) in diameter, in the Java Sea 150 km (93 mi) north of Surabaya. The island has a population of about 80,000.

Bawean Approach West (Karang Jelpuk)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); red light, pattern unknown. 13 m (43 ft) round barbell-shaped red tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Bing has a satellite view. Located on the west (port) side of the approach to the harbor of Pulau Bawean. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1149.5.
Bawean Approach East
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); two green flashes every 6 s. 13 m (43 ft) round barbell-shaped green tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Bing has a satellite view. Located on the east (starboard) side of the approach to the harbor of Pulau Bawean. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1149; NGA 23590.
* Sangkapura (Sangkapoera)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 20 m (66 ft); white flash every 5 s. 18 m (59 ft) square skeletal tower with gallery, painted white. Datuk Kalu has the photo seen at right (lighthouse on the right, a monument on the left) and Google has a street view and a satellite view. Located on the waterfront of Sangapoera, the main town of Pulau Bawean, on the south coast of the island. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1150; NGA 23588.
Tanjung Mentigi (Pulau Bawean) (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 83 m (272 ft); white flash every 7 s. Approx. 30 m (98 ft) octagonal (?) white concrete tower. Umar Fariq has a 2022 view from the beach and Google has a satellite view. This lighthouse replaced a square skeletal tower; both towers are seen in Annisa Nur Imamah's distant November 2020 view and at the start of a May 2021 video. Both the Admiralty and NGA misspell the name as Mantigi, and NGA lists the focal plane as 8 m rather than 83 m. Located on the north point of the island. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1153; NGA 23591.
Karang Gosong
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); white flash every 5 s. 14 m (46 ft) square white skeletal tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Bing has a satellite view. Located on a reef about 20 km (13 mi) east of Pulau Bawean. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1152; NGA 23591.5.

Sangkapura Light, Pulau Bawean, December 2017
Google Maps photo by Datuk Kalu

Northeast Coast (Madura Strait) Lighthouses

Separating the islands of Java and Madura, the Madura Strait has two very different sections. Its west end is a narrow, north-south passage around the western end of Madura; this passage forms the harbor of Surabaya. Te rest of the strait is a broad west to east sound, about 50 km (30 mi) wide, along the southern coast of Madura.

Gresik Regency: Mainland Lighthouses
Ujung Pangkah
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 33 m (108 ft); white flash every 6 s. Approx. 30 m (98 ft) square tapered skeletal tower with lantern and gallery, painted white. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located at the tip of a swampy point on the west side of the northern entrance to Madura Strait. Probably accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1157; NGA 23608.
* Sejetera (Berlian Manyar Port)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 30 m (98 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 27 m (89 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower. Google has a street view and Bing has a satellite view. Located at the base of the pier of the Manyar Terminal, built on an artficial island north of Surabaja. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1158.25.
[Gresik Terminal Jetty (Jetty 2)]
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 24 m (72 ft); white flash every 6 s. Approx. 20 m (66 ft) white mast mounted at the end of commercial pier. The tower is on the right in a photo by Bagas Kara and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located at the south end of the main piers at the Maspion Terminal north of Surabaja. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1158.62.
PT Karya Indah Alam Sejahtera (KIAS Pier)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 18 m (59 ft); white flash every 10 s. Approx. 13 m (43 ft) square white skeletal tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located at the base of the KIAS pier in Gresik. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1158.8.
* Gresik
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 30 m (98 ft); white flash every 5 s. Approx. 27 m (89 ft) square skeletal tower. Chan Hasiboean has a 2021 photo and Google has a satellite view. Located on a pier in Gresik in the right angle turn of the Madura Strait. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1159.95.

Surabaya City Lighthouses
Surabaya is the capital of East Java Province and the second largest city of Indonesia; there are 3.5 million residents of the city and more than 13 million on the metroploitan area. The city's harbor, tucked into the right-angle bend of the Madura Strait, is one of the busiest in southeast Asia.

Teluk Lamong
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 25 m (82 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 20 m (66 ft) square skeletal tower with gallery. Hanis Mangngi has a photo and Bing has a satellite view. Located at the base of the pier at the Teluk Lamong terminal at the west end of Surabaya. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1168.
* Jamrud Wharf (Tanjung Perak)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 20 m (66 ft); red and green traffic control lights. Approx. 16 m (52 ft) square skeletal tower. Daerah Rantau's photo is at right, Trabas has Jim Smith's photo, and Google has an indistinct satellite view. This is the historic Surabaya wharf; it includes a busy ferry terminal and the original harbor master's office. Ferdian Pietersz has a nice sunset photo. Located at the east end of the wharf. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1175.
* Madura Naval Wharf (Monumen Jalesveva Jayamahe)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 9 m (30 ft); red flash every 4 s. The active beacon is a 6 m (20 ft) pyramidal red tower, but that's not the attraction here. Behind the beacon is the Monumen Jalesveva Jayamahe, a 30.6 m (100 ft) structure featuring a heroic statue of an Indonesian naval officer atop a round 5-story building. The relatively tiny beacon is in front of the monument in Autin Epriastin's view from the harbor and at lower right in Gandung Adi Wibowo's photo, and Google has a satellite view. Several sources say that the monument itself was intended as a lighthouse, but it is not recognized as a lighted navigational aid. Located on a large wharf at the naval station on the south side of the Madura Strait in Surabaya. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1183.1; NGA 23648.
Kastur
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 12 m (39 ft); red flash every 5 s. 12 m (39 ft) "beacon," probably a skeletal or barbell-shaped tower, on a platform supported by piles. No photo available and the light is not shown in Google's satellite view. Located on the west side of deepwater in the Madura Strait about 5 km (3 mi) off southern Surabaya. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1190.
 

Jamrud Wharf Light (lower right), Surabaya, November 2019
Google Maps photo by Daerah Rantau

Pasuruan City Lighthouses
Pasuruan is a city of about 210,000 residents on the Madura Strait about 65 km (40 mi) south of Surabaya.
* Pasuruan (3?)
Date unknown (station established 1880). Active; focal plane about 35 m (115 ft); white flash every 5 s. Approx. 25 m (82 ft) square skeletal tower with lantern and gallery standing on the roof of a 2-story building. Syauban Anas has a distant view and Google has a street view seen at right and a satellite view. The harbor of Pasuruan is a narrow cut about 800 m (1/2 mi) long connecting downtown to the Strait; it is used by fishing boats and other small craft. NGA lists an 18 m (59 ft) white mast at the entrance to the harbor; that light seems to have been removed. The present lighthouse is located downtown near the end of the harbor channel. Navionics charts both lights. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1204; NGA 23684.

Probolinggo City Lighthouses
Probolinggo is a city of about 240,000 residents on the south coast of the Madura Strait, which separates the eastern peninsula of Java from the island of Madura.

[Probolinggo Pier]
2020. Active; focal plane 23 m (82 ft); white flash every 3 s. 20 m (66 ft) "white beacon," apparently a mast. No photo available but Google has a satellite view of the listed location, at the junction of a spur pier in the middle of the long pier of Probolinggo's modern harbor. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1211; NGA 23689.
* Probolinggo West Mole (Tanjung Tembaga) (2?)
Date unknown (station established 1903). Active; focal plane 15 m (49 ft); green flash every 5 s. 14 m (46 ft) round hourglass-shaped tower, painted green. Detta Priyandikawardhana has a 2023 photo, another photo is available, Yazid Hsn has a distant street view and Google has a satellite view. NGA lists a skeletal tower. Located at the end of the west mole of the original harbor of Probolinggo, on the southwest side of Madura Strait. Accessible by walking then mole. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS IDO-188; Admiralty Q1212; NGA 23692.
* Probolinggo East Mole (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); red flash every 6 s. 14 m (46 ft) round hourglass-shaped tower, painted red and mounted on a square platform supported by piles. Bayou Adji has a 2022 photo, Yazid Hsn has a distant 2016 street view and Google has a satellite view. NGA lists a skeletal tower. The street view shows the light on a platform supported by piles; the satellite view and the 2022 photo show that the light was moved to the breakwater, which may have been extended. Located at the end of the east mole at Probolinggo. Accessible only by boat but easily seen from the mole. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1212.2; NGA 23696.

Pasuruan Light, Pasuruan, September 2019
Google Maps street view
* Pelabuhan Probolinggo
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 23 m (75 ft); white flash every 7 s. 20 m (66 ft) square skeletal tower. Gita Gasiea has a 2023 photo and Google has a satellite view. Located in the governmental office complex in the harbor area of Probolinggo. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1210; NGA 23688.
* Dermaga Selatan Gili Petabang
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 12 m (39 ft); white (?) light, pattern unknown. Approx. 10 m (33 ft) square white skeletal tower. Reyza Oenyil has a photo, a 2019 photo is available, Usman Saude has a view from the end of the pier, and Google has a satellite view. Ketabang is a small, densely populated island about 5 km (3 mi) off the Probolinggo waterfront. Located on the main pier of Ketabang. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1212.25.
[Pulau Ketabang (Gili Petabang)]
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 15 m (49 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 15 m (49 ft) post centered on a square platform supported by piles. Mohammad Taufiqurahman has a photo and Google has a satellite view. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1212.3.

Situbondo Regency (Madura Strait Southside) Lighthouses
* Besuki (2?)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); white light, 1.5 s on, 2.5 s off. 14 m (46 ft) hexagonal white metal tower with lantern. Kaconx Maloloh has a view from the pier and Google has the street view at right and a satellite view. NGA describes this light as a skeletal tower. Located at the foot of the main pier at Besuki. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1214; NGA 23704.
Panarukan West
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); white flash every 5 s. 8 m (26 ft) square white skeletal tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located at the end of a pier at an older harbor on the west side of Panarukan. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1218; NGA 23709.
* Panarukan {Panaroekan} (2)
Date unknown (station established 1880). Active; focal plane 15 m (49 ft); white flash every 3 s. 14 m (46 ft) hexagonal white metal tower with lantern. Gilang Romadhon has a 2019 photo, Ahmad Rofiq has a closeup, Yves Frombelgium has a distant view, and Google has a satellite view and a distant street view. This is a sibling of the Besuki lighthouse seen at right. NGA describes this light as a skeletal tower. Located in Panarukan, a fishing port about 10 km (6 mi) west of Situbondo. Site status unknown, probably open. ARLHS IDO-184; Admiralty Q1220; NGA 23708.

Besuki Light, Situbondo, August 2019
Google Maps street view
* [Kalbut]
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 10 m (33 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 7.5 m (25 ft) post. A photo is available and Google has a street view and an indistinct satellite view. Located on the quay at Kalbut, a small port about 10 km (6 mi) west of Tanjung Paciman. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1221.
 
Tanjung Pacinan
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 43 m (141 ft); white flash every 5 s. Approx. 40 m (131 ft) square skeletal tower, painted white. Achmad Fauruzie has a photo, Nararya Rida has a 2022 photo, and Google has a satellite view and a very distant street view. NGA misspells the name as Tanjung Paciman. Located on a low, swampy cape that extends into the Madura Strait about 16 km (10 mi) northeast of Situbondo. Site status unknown. ARLHS IDO-088; Admiralty Q1222; NGA 23710.
* Jangkar
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 23 m (75 ft); white flash every 3 s. 21 m (69 ft) square skeletal tower with gallery, painted white. A photo is at right, Arsyil Riyadi has a view from the sea, Google has a street view, and Bing has a satellite view. Located on the waterfront at Jangkar, a town about 25 km (15 mi) west of Situbondo. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1222.5.
Karang Mas (Gosong Karangmas, Meinderts Reef) {Meindertsdroogte} (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 22 m (72 ft); white flash every 5 s. 16 m (52 ft) tower, painted black with one red horizontal band, mounted on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Bing has a satellite view. It is possible that the present light stands on the base of the original, which apparently survived until the 1950s at least. Located about 15 km (9 mi) offshore at the southern entrance to Madura Strait. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS IDO-366; Admiralty Q1223; NGA 23712.
Tanjung Candiban
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 60 m (197 ft); white flash every 3 s. This lighthouse is described by NGA only as a "white beacon." No photo available but Google has an indistinct satellite view of the station. Located at the northeastern tip of Java, overlooking the Bali Sea. Accessible by road. Site status unknown. ARLHS IDO-096; Admiralty Q1224; NGA 23773.
Jangkar Light
Jangkar Light, Jangkar, June 2008
ex-Panoramio photo copyright arifngh; permission requested

East Coast (Bali Strait) Lighthouses

The Bali Strait separates Java from the smaller island of Bali to the east, connecting the Indian Ocean to the Bali Sea. The strait narrows northward to a width of only 2.4 km (1.5 mi) at its northern end. A bridge over the strait has been proposed but has not been approved.

Banyuwangi Regency Lighthouses
Pulau Tabuan {Duiven Eiland} (2)
Date unknown (station established 1871). Active; focal plane 17 m (56 ft); white flash every 5 s. Approx. 14 m (46 ft) round barbell-shaped white fiberglass tower. Long Priyono has a view from the sea, Kristopanus Patiung Lantemona has an aerial view, and Google has a satellite view. The original lighthouse was a skeletal tower with lantern and gallery. Located on a small island marking the west side of the northern entrance to the Bali Strait at the eastern end of Java. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1249; NGA 23774.
* Tanjung Bansering Range Rear
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 28 m (92 ft); white flash every 4 s. 20 m (66 ft) octagonal concrete tower with lantern and gallery, painted white. Google has a closeup 2021 street view (the 2015 version of this view is seen at right) and a satellite view. This range guides vessels northbound through the narrowest passage of the Bali Strait. Accessible by road. Located in the village of Bengkak, at the northern end of the strait. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1250.1; NGA 23780.
Tanjung Bansering Range Front
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 15 m (49 ft); white flash every 3 s. 13 m (43 ft) octagonal concrete tower with lantern and gallery, painted white. A closeup 2022 photo is available and Google has a street view and a satellite view. Located on the shore of the strait, 500 m (0.3 mi) south of the rear light. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1250; NGA 23776.
Semen Gresik Banyuwangi
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 15 m (49 ft); light characteristic unknown. Approx. 12 m (39 ft) square white skeletal tower. Google has a street view and a satellite view. Located at a Semen Gresik (Gresik Cement) plant about 40 km (25 mi) north of Banyuwangi, the regency capital. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1256.5.
* Pelabuhan Tanjung Wangi
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 15 m (49 ft); continuous red light. Approx. 12 m (39 ft) square skeletal tower. Trabas has Bjørn Poulsen's photo and Google has a satellite view. Located on the waterfront of Tangung Wangi, an industrial port north of Banyuwangi. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1257; NGA 23788.
Pertamina Tanjung Wangi
Date unknown. Active; focal plane unknown; four white flashes every 8 s. Approx. 12 m (39 ft) square white skeletal tower. This light must be atop one of the large tanks of the the Pertamina oil terminal at Tangung Wangi. It's not clear which tank this in Google's satellite view. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1257.3.

Tanjung Bansering Range Rear Light, Banyuwangi, May 2015
Google Maps street view
Pertamina Banyuwangi
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 18 m (59 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 15 m (49 ft) square cylindrical white skeletal tower. The light is visible near the right edge of Hsse Ittwi's drone view and Google has a satellite view. Located at the base of the pier at the Pertamina oil terminal at Tangung Wangi. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1257.35.
Pulau Jawa (Ketapang)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 18 m (59 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 15 m (49 ft) square white skeletal tower. A photo is available and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Ketapang is the busy terminal for ferries bound across the Bali Strait to Gilimanuk, Bali. Located at the end of pier between several of the ferry piers at Ketapang in Banyuwangi. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1257.38.
Semen Bosowa Banyuwangi
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 18 m (59 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 15 m (49 ft) square cylindrical white skeletal tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located at the Semen Bosawa LNG terminal on the north side of Banyuwangi. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1258.14.
* [Banyuwangi]
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 15 m (49 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 12 m (39 ft) white post on a square white concrete base. Google has a street view and a satellite view. Located at the edge of the beach south of the harbor at Banyuwangi. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1258.16.
Tanjung Sembulungan
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 19 m (62 ft); white flash every 3 s. 10 m (33 ft) concrete post with buttressed base carrying a platform for the light. Ruth Suratmi has a closeup photo and a Google has a satellite view. Located near the end of a long, north-pointing, densely-forested peninsula that shelters the Java coast in the southern portion of the Bali Strait. Probably accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1261; NGA 23806.
* Muncar
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 20 m (66 ft); light characteristic unknown. Approx. 16 m (52 ft) green mast centered on a square 1-story concrete base. Google has a street view and a satellite view. Located at the end of the main quay at Muncar, a city of about 100,000 residents near the southeastern corner of Java. Ste open, tower closed. Not listed by the Admiralty.
Tanjung Slokah
2011. Active; focal plane 33 m (108 ft); white flash every 6 s. 30 m (98 ft) square skeletal tower mounted on a square 1-story equipment building. Lighthouse painted white. Ariedwisoebekto Kariman has the 2011 closeup photo of the then-new lighthouse seen at right and Google has a good satellite view. Tanjung Slokah is the extreme southeastern tip of Java; it's surprising that there has never been a lighthouse on this important cape until now. Located near the end of land. Probably accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1261.2.
 

Tanjung Slokah Light, Banyuwangi, April 2011
Google Maps photo by Ariedwisoebekto Kariman

South Coast (Indian Ocean) Lighthouses

Jember Regency Lighthouses
#Bedadung (Watangan, Pantai Pancer) (1)
Date unknown. Inactive since 2014. This was an approx. 35 m (115 ft) tapered square skeletal tower with gallery, painted white. 1-story keeper's house. Google's May 2015 street view shows this tower standing beside the newer one (next entry) but its satellite view and 2022 street view show that the old tower has been removed. Located near the beach at Puger, about 40 km (25 mi) southwest of Jember. Site status unknown.
Bedadung (Watangan, Pantai Pancer) (2)
2014. Active; focal plane 42 m (138 ft); white flash every 4 s. Approx. 35 m (115 ft) octagonal tower with lantern and two galleries. Lighthouse painted white. Ach Suaeb has a photo, Isyak Junaedi has a 2018 drone view and Google has a street view and a satellite view. Located in front of the earlier lighthouse. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1261.5; NGA 23821.
Pulau Barung (Nusa Barung)
2007. Active; focal plane 145 m (476 ft); two white flashes every 12 s. 40 m (131 ft) square skeletal tower, painted white, rising from a 2-story station building. No photo available but Google has a satellite view of the station. Located on a heavily forested island about 20 km (13 mi) southwest of the Bedadung light station. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1261.8.

Malang Regency Lighthouse
Sempu (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 23 m (75 ft); white flash every 4 s. Approx. 20 m (66 ft) square white skeletal tower. Ardyan Listya Pradana has a very distant view and Google has a satellite view. Located on a promontory at the entrance to a bay protected by Pulau Sempu. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1262; NGA 23821.2.

Trenggalek Regency Lighthouses
Ujung Siklapa (Pulau Siklopo, Teluk Segoro Wegi)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 51 m (167 ft); white flash every 3 s. NGA provides no description of this lighthouse but a Google satellite view seems to reveal a round white concrete tower of unknown height. This light marks the entrance to the protected Prigi Bay and the fishing port of Prigi. Located on a promontory about 30 km (19 mi) south of Durenan. May be accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1262.5; NGA 23821.3.

Bedadung Light, Puger, November 2022
Google Maps street view
Pulau Sekel
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); white flash every 10 s. 10 m (33 ft) square white skeletal tower. Ariedwisoebekto Kariman has a photo and Bing has a fuzzy satellite view. Located on a rocky reef about 20 km (13 mi) south of Munjungan. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1262.6.
Pulau Panehan
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 150 m (492 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 30 m (98 ft) square skeletal tower with gallery, painted white. The lighthouse is seen from the sea in a YouTube video and Google has a satellite view. Located atop a small island about 13 km (8 mi) southwest of Munjungan. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1262.7.

Pacitan Regency Lighthouses
Teluk Panggul (PLN Pacitan)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 15 m (49 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 9 m (30 ft) round tower (may be barbell-shaped). No photo available but Bing has a satellite view. Located at the PLN power plant at Panggul Bay about 25 km (15 mi) east of Pacitan. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1265.73.
Teluk Panggul West Breakwater
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 15 m (49 ft); red light, pattern unknown. Approx. 9 m (30 ft) round tower. The light is visible right of center in Dedi Shah's view of the bay and Google has a distant satellite view. Located on a short breakwater on the west side of Panggul Bay.Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1265.75.
Tanjung Lorog (Lorog Cape)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 15 m (49 ft); white flash every 4 s. 15 m (49 ft) round barbell-shaped white fiberglass tower mounted on a square platform supported by piles. A view from the beach is available and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located just off the Pidakan beach about 16 km (10 mi) east of Pacitan. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1262.79.
Tanjung Ngamber (Teluk Pacitan) {Patjitan}
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 50 m (164 ft); white flash every 5 s. Approx. 30 m (98 ft) tapered square white skeletal tower. Farid Rizal's closeup photo is at right and Bing has a satellite view. Located on a promontory on the east side of the entrance to the circular harbor of Pacitan. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1262.8; NGA 23821.5.
* Pacitan Harbor
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 22 m (72 ft); white flash every 10 s. 20 m (66 ft) square skeletal tower with gallery, painted white. A 2017 closeup photo is available, Google has a street view, and Bing has a satellite view. Located at the Tamperan ferry terminal at the west end of Pacitan. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1262.85.
Tamperan (Tanjung Kowang)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 17 m (56 ft); red flash every 4 s. 10 m (33 ft) round barbell-shaped red fiberglass tower mounted on a square concrete platform supported by concrete piles. Sulthan Shalahuddin has a 2018 photo, Fendi Kurnia also has a photo, and Google has a satellite view. Probably accessible only by boat. Located on a rocky point at the western entrance to Pacitan Bay and Tamperan harbor. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1262.84.

Tanjung Ngamber Light, Pacitan, June 2018
Google Maps photo by Farid Rizal

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Posted April 13, 2006. Checked and revised August 18, 2023. Lighthouses: 55. Site copyright 2023 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.