Lighthouses of Indonesia: Southwestern 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 southwestern and western coasts of Java, including the south coast of West Java Province and Banten Province at the west end of island. (West Java Province has two coasts: a north coast facing the Java Sea and a south coast facing the Indian Ocean; the north coast is covered on the Northern Java 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.
Indonesian Lighthouses
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.

Legok Light, Tasikmalaya Regency, April 2015
Google Maps street view

West Java Province South Coast Lighthouses

Pangandaran Regency Lighthouses
* Cikadang Fishery Port
2017. Active; focal plane about 16 m (52 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 14 m (46 ft) square concrete tower rising from a 1-story concrete base. Hendri Yana has a May 2017 photo showing the lighthouse under construction and Google has a 2022 street view and a distant satellite view. Located at a small fishing port on the northeast side of Pangandaran. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1278.3.
* Pangandaran (Teluk Penanjung)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 12 m (39 ft); white flash every 5 s. 12 m (39 ft) square pyramidal skeletal tower, painted white and mounted on a square platform supported by concrete piles. Dony Lay has the photo at right, Dikdik Hernadi has a photo, Faizal Amiruddi has a 2021 street view, and Google has a distant satellite view. Pangandaran is a beach resort town; it is connected by a narrow isthmus to a nature reserve on the Penanjung Pangandaran (Pangandaran Peninsula). Located just off the beach on the east side of the isthmus in Pangandaran. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1278.2; NGA 23869.
* Teluk Parigi (2)
Date unknown (around 2020). Active; focal plane about 20 m (66 ft); white flash every 4 s. Approx. 18 m (59 ft) square white skeletal tower mounted on a 1-story square equipment building. Equipment building painted white with blue trim. Google has a 2021 street view and a satellite view. This light replaced an approx. 10 m (33 ft) round white barbell-shaped tower; Hilman Taofik Hidayah has a 2018 photo. Located just off the beach at Parigi, about 25 km (15 mi) west of Pangandaran. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1278; NGA 23869.5.

Tasikmalaya Regency Lighthouses
* Legok (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 42 m (138 ft); white flash every 5 s. Approx. 32 m (105 ft) 4-stage octagonal tower with lantern and gallery, painted white. Ricky Rianto has a 2018 photo, Luthfiyyah Azizah has a 2016 photo, and Google has a street view (also seen at the top of this page) and a satellite view. The original lighthouse was a skeletal tower. Located near a prominent cape in the Tasikmalaya Regency southwest of Pangandaran. Accessible by road. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1277; NGA 23870.

Pangandaran Light, Pangandaran, October 2012
Google Maps photo by Dony Lay
Pulau Manuk (Manuk Island)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 50 m (164 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 30 m (98 ft) square skeletal tower with gallery rising from a square 1-story equipment building. Lighthouse painted white. A photo is available, Apep Karo Lutfi has a view from the mainland, and Google has a satellite view. Not to be confused with a much better known Pulau Manuk, a wildlife reserve farther west near the Sunda Strait. Located on an island just off the coast about 20 km (13 mi) southwest of Cijulang. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1277.5; NGA 23870.5.
Pulau Manuk West
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 17 m (56 ft); white flash every 6 s. 17 m (56 ft) square white skeletal tower mounted on a square platform supported by piles. No photo available and the light is not shown in Google's satellite view. Oddly, NGA calls the light "Cilacap." Located about 9 km (5.5 mi) west of Pulau Manuk. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1277.8; NGA 23870.6.
Pantai Pamayang East Breakwater
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 11 m (36 ft); green light, pattern unknown. Approx. 8 m (26 ft) round barbell-shaped green fiberglass tower. Isep Safari has a photo showing both breakwater lights, another photo of the two lights is available, and Google has a satellite view and a street view of the two lights. Located on the east breakwater at the Pamayang Beach. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1277.83.
Pantai Pamayang West Breakwater
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 11 m (36 ft); red light, pattern unknown. Approx. 8 m (26 ft) round barbell-shaped red fiberglass tower. Isep Safari has a photo showing both breakwater lights, another photo of the two lights is available, and Google has a satellite view and a street view of the two lights. Located on the east breakwater at the Pamayang Beach. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1277.85.
* Pantai Pamayang
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 18 m (59 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 15 m (49 ft) square skeletal tower covered with white panels. Next to the lighthouse is an observation tower with a stairway that spirals around the tower. A photo is available and Google has a street view (also seen at right) and an indistinct satellite view. Located across the street from the beach at Pamayang. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1277.9.

Pantai Pamayang Light, Tasikmalaya Regency, July 2019
Google Maps street view
Sindangkerta
Active; focal plane about 16 m (52 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 16 m (52 ft) square skeletal tower covered with white panels, mounted on a square platform supported by piles. Agung Herdin has a photo, Rahmat Suherman has a photo, and Google has a satellite view. Located off the Sindangkerta Beach about 6 km (3.5 mi) west of Pamayang. Accessible only by boat but there's a good view from shore. Admiralty Q1277.95.
Karang Gajah Garut
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 18 m (59 ft); white flash every 4 s. 15 m (49 ft) square skeletal tower with gallery, painted white. Pur Wanto has a closeup photo and Google has a street view and an indistinct satellite view. Located in the surf near a river entrance about 25 km (15 mi) east of Pantai Santolo. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1278.6.

Garut Regency Lighthouses
* Teluk Cilauteureun (Pulau Santolo, Tjilaoeteureum) (3?)
2019 (station established 1930). Active; focal plane about 30 m (98 ft); white flash every 6 s. Approx. 25 m (82 ft) octagonal white concrete tower with lantern and gallery. Adhitya Valeriant Pratama's photo is at right, Herdi Hermawan has a closeup street view, Ra'afi Rezkia Pratama has a 2019 photo, and Google has a street view and a satellite view. The original lighthouse was a round white fiberglass tower with a flared top; a photo and a second photo of the earlier light are available. Ecka Prasetya has a photo of the new tower under construction next to the old one in November 2018. Located on Pulau Santolo, an island on the south side of the harbor at Pantai Santolo (Santolo Beach). Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1279; NGA 23871.
* [Rancabuaya]
Date unknown. Active; focal plane unknown; white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 15 m (49 ft) mast. Hamdan Firdaus has a distant drone view, Samuel Lauw has a 2021 drone view, and Google has a satellite view. Located atop a bluff behind the beach at Rancabuaya. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1279.2.

Santolo Light, Pantai Santolo, February 2022
Google Maps photo by Herdi Hermawan

Cianjur Regency Lighthouses
* Pantai Jayanti (Cidaun East)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 17 m (56 ft); white flash every 5 s. 15 m (49 ft) square skeletal tower with gallery, painted white and mounted on a square platform supported by piles. Usman Somantri has a photo, Rendra Dwiariaguna also has a photo, and Google has a street view and a satellite view. Located in the surf at the Jayanti Beach east of the Cidaun area. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1279.3; NGA 23871.2.
* Sindangbarang
2017. Active; focal plane 15 m (49 ft); white flash every 5 s. 15 m (49 ft) round barbell-shaped white fiberglass tower mounted on a square platform supported by long piles. Misman Jamaludin has a 2018 photo, Rizkiyana Syabania also has a photo, and Google has a satellite view. Located on the beach at Sindangbarang. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1279.33.

Sukabumi Regency Lighthouses
[Pelabuhan Sumber]
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 25 m (82 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 15 m (49 ft) white mast. Google has a street view but the mast is not seen in Google's satellite view. Located at the base of a commercial pier in Tegal Buleud. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1279.4.
Pulau Ujung Genteng (2)
2007. Active; focal plane 43 m (141 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 40 m (131 ft) square skeletal tower with lantern and gallery, painted white, mounted on a 2-story coast guard building. A photo by Ahmad Hafiz is at right, another closeup and a view from the sea are available, and Bing has a satellite view. Located on an island just off a prominent cape in Sukabumi Regency at the western end of West Java Province. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1279.5.
PLTU Pelabuhan Ratu
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 23 m (75 ft); white flash every 5 s. Approx. 20 m (66 ft) white mast. A distant street view across the harbor is availabke and Google has a satellite view. Located at the south end of the harbor basin of the PLTU power station about 5 km (3 mi) south of Pelabuhan Ratu. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1279.8.
* Pelabuhan Ratu (Pelabuhanratu) (3?)
Date unknown (station established 1914). Active; focal plane 32 m (105 ft); white flash every 7.5 s. Approx. 22 m (72 ft) square skeletal tower with gallery, painted white. Google has a street view and an indistinct satellite view. Palabuhan Ratu ("Queen's Harbor") is a fishing port and the capital of Sukabumi Regency. Note: NGA lists this light as Q1280. Located at the end of a gravel bar protecting the harbor. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1279.91; NGA 23871.5.

Pulau Ujung Genteng Light, Ciracap, May 2020
Google Maps photo by Ahmad Hafiz
Pelabuhan Ratu Entrance South
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 16 m (52 ft); green light, characteristic unknown. Approx. 12 m (39 ft) square white skeletal tower. Kang Marno has a photo and Google has a street view showing both entrance lights (this one is on the left), but the tower is hard to distinguish in Google's satellite view. Located on the south side of the narrow entrance to the inner harbor of Pelabuhan Ratu. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1279.94.
Pelabuhan Ratu Entrance North
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 16 m (52 ft); green light, characteristic unknown. Approx. 12 m (39 ft) square white skeletal tower. Najudin Nad has a distant view and Google has a street view showing both entrance lights, but the tower is hard to distinguish in Google's satellite view. Located on the north side of the narrow entrance to the inner harbor of Pelabuhan Ratu. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1279.95.

Banten Province Lighthouses

Banten Province was separated from West Java Province in 2000. It occupies the western end of Java and its west coast faces the Sunda Strait, which separates Java from Sumatra. The Strait is a crucially important gateway from the Indian Ocean to the Java Sea and Jakarta.

Pandeglang Regency Lighthouses
Pulau Deli (2?)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 45 m (148 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 40 m (131 ft) square skeletal tower painted white. Several coast guard buildings. No photo available but Google has a satellite view of the station. This light may have been relocated; although the listed and charted location is at the southwestern coast of the island the station is on the southeastern coast. Bing has a distant satellite view of what might be a former station in the southwest. Located on an island about 50 km (30 mi) southeast of the southern entrance to Sunda Strait. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1050.4.
Tanjung Layar (Ujung Kulon, First Point) {Eerste Punt, Oedjoeng Koelon} (3)
1906 (station established 1877). Inactive. Approx. 16 m (52 ft) square metal framework tower, painted black (or covered with rust). This lighthouse is at the left in Arief Bidjak's view at right, Syolahudin Al Ayubi has a view from the current station, and Mathieu Haerel has a distant view, but the dark tower does not show up in Google's satellite view. The lighthouse is also seen in a 1926 Tropenmuseum photo and Forand's postcard view. This historic light station is at the extreme southwest tip of Java and serves as a landfall light marking the east side of the entrance to the Sunda Strait from the Indian Ocean. The first lighthouse was a tall cast iron tower. This handsome structure was severely damaged by an earthquake on 1 September 1880, after only three years of service. It was replaced by a brick tower seen in a Tropenmuseum photo. There is a report that foundations of this lighthouse remain. In 1906 the brick lighthouse was damaged by an earthquake and replaced by the skeletal tower. The Indonesian name ujung kulon means "western end." Located at the extreme tip of the point. Accessible only by boat or a long hike. Site open, tower closed.
Tanjung Layar Lights
Old (left) and new Tanjung Layar Lights, Ujungjaya, August 2006
ex-Panoramio photo copyright Arief Bidyak; permission requested
Tanjung Layar (Ujung Kulon, First Point) {Eerste Punt} (5)
Date unknown (station established 1877). Active; focal plane 50 m (164 ft); three white flashes every 15 s. 30 m (98 ft) square tapered metal framework tower, painted white. Several coast guard station buildings. A. Husen has the 2020 photo at right and a closeup photo, Syolahudin Al Ayubi has a 2016 photo, Munawar Khaleel has a view from the sea, and Google has a satellite view of the station. The present lighthouse is staffed by crews rotating every four months. It replaced a tapered skeletal tower seen in a 2005 closeup and a view from the sea. The area is included in the Ujung Kulon National Park. Located about 300 m (330 yd) northeast of the 1906 lighthouse. Accessible only by boat or a long hike. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS IDO-084; Admiralty Q1050.2; NGA 23332.
Tanjung Waton
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 25 m (82 ft); white flash every 6 s. Approx. 22 m (72 ft) square white skeletal tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Despite the historic role of the Tanjung Layer lighthouse, it is actually this light that marks the east side of the shipping channel entering the Sunda Strait. Located at the southwestern point of Pulau Panaitan, about 20 km (13 mi) northwest of Tanjung Layar. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1050.15; NGA 23333.4.
Tanjung Parat
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 32 m (105 ft); white flash every 4 s. Approx. 30 m (98 ft) square white skeletal tower possibly with lantern and gallery. No photo available but Bing has a satellite view. Located at the northeastern point of Pulau Panaitan, about 30 km (19 mi) north of Tanjung Layar. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1050.1; NGA 23333.
Tanjung Alang-Alang
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 12 m (39 ft); yelloe flash every 3 s. 12 m (39 ft) skeletal tower. No photo available but Bing has an indistinct satellite view. Located on the northern tip of the Ujung Kulon peninsula. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1050.3; NGA 23333.5.
Tanjung Lesung
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 23 m (75 ft); white flash every 4 s. Approx. 21 m (69 ft) square pyramidal skeletal tower with lantern and gallery, painted white. A 2022 photo is available, Arris R. Saputra has a closeup photo, and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on a prominent cape about 15 km (9 mi) northwest of Panimbang. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1050.5; NGA 23334.
* Penimbang
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 15 m (49 ft); white flash every 5 s. 10 m (33 ft) round white barbell-shaped tower. Google has a satellite view and a distant street view across the harbor entrance. NGA lists the light as "Ci Liman." Located on the north side of the entrance to the estuary at Penimbang. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1050.07; NGA 23334.5.

Current Tanjung Layer Light, Ujungjaya, October 2020
ex-Google Maps photo by A.Husen
PLTU Labuan
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 20 m (66 ft); flash every 3 s, white, red or green light depending on direction. Light mounted atop a building on one of the piers of a large power plant. No photo available but Google has a satellite view of the building. Located at Labuan (Labuhan). Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1050.06; NGA 23334.6.

Western Serang Regency (Sunda Strait) Lighthouses
* Panto Binuangen (Tanjung Pantobinuangen)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 32 m (105 ft); white flash every 7.5 s. No description given but a tall tower would be required. No photo available. The tower at the right edge of Taqwim Kurniawan's photo probably carries the light; Google has a street view and a second street view but it has only an indistinct satellite view. Located about 3 km (2 mi) south of the Cikoneng lighthouse (next entry). Site status unknown, but the coastal road passes close to the site. Admiralty Q1050.05; NGA 23335.
*** Cikoneng (Tjikoneng, Anyer, Fourth Point) {Vierde Punt} (2)
1885 (station established 1855). Active; focal plane 60 m (197 ft); two white flashes every 20 s. 58 m (190 ft) 12-sided cast iron tower with lantern and gallery. Entire lighthouse painted white. Wuri Prasita's 2023 photo appears at right, Unian Husien has a 2010 photo, Köhler has a 2011 photo, Trabas has Köhler's photo, Gul Chotrani has a closeup, Reez Riezal has another closeup, the Tropenmuseum has three historic photos, and Google has a street view and a satellite view. The lighthouse was prefabricated at The Hague in the Netherlands by Enthoven and Co. It is one the very few Indonesian lighthouses readily accessible to tourists. The original lighthouse was destroyed by tsunami waves triggered by the catastrophic explosion of the Krakatoa volcano on 27 August 1883. These waves were at least 30 m (100 ft) high, obliterating the original light station except for the foundation of the lighthouse. Located on Tanjung Cikoneng near Anyer Kidul on the east shore of Sunda Strait, overlooking the still-active Krakatoa. Accessible by road. Site open, tower open for climbing. ARLHS IDO-081; Admiralty Q1050; NGA 23336.
Pulau Sangiang
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 32 m (105 ft); white flash every 7.5 s. Approx. 15 m (49 ft) square skeletal tower. Lia Pratama has a view from the sea and Google has a satellite view. Pulau Sangiang is a boomerang-shaped island roughly 5 km (3 mi) in diameter in the middle of the narrowest passage of Sunda Strait. Located atop a cliff at the southern tip of the island. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1051.1; NGA 23342.
Pulau Tampurung (Toppers Island, Button Island) (3?)
Date unknown (station established 1919). Active; focal plane 100 m (253 ft); white flash every 3 s. 22 m (72 ft) square skeletal tower with lantern and gallery, painted white. Several coast guard buildings. Starly Hartono has a view from the strait, Ayah Maman has a more distant view, and Google has a satellite view. An Admiralty Notice to Mariners in 2019 raised the focal plane by a whopping 23 m (75 ft). Pulau Tampurung is a small but very high island in the northern entrance to the Sunda Strait, about 10 km (6 mi) northwest of Merak. Located on the highest point of the island. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1052; NGA 23344.

Cikoneng
(Anyer) Light, March 2023
Google Maps photo by Wuri Prasita

Cilegon City Lighthouses
Cilegon is a densely populated and industrialized city at the northwestern corner of Java. With a population of about 450,000, the city includes important steel and chemical plants and the very busy Merak ferry harbor.
Pelabuhan Mitsubishi
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 22 m (72 ft); white (?) light, pattern unknown. Approx. 18 m (59 ft) round white tower with gallery. The lighthouse on the right in Ikung Adiwar's view from the sea and Google has a satellite view. Located at the foot of the pier at the Mitsubishi Chemical plant in southern Cilegon. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1051.05.
Pulau Ular (2?)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 74 m (243 ft); white flash every 5 s. 12 m (39 ft) square skeletal tower with gallery, painted white. The lower portion of the tower is seen in Fatoniadi Rachman's view of the island and Bing has a satellite view. An Admiralty Notice to Mariners in 2019 raised the focal plane by 10 m (33 ft). Located on a small island about 3 km (2 mi) west of the oil terminal at Kepuh. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1051; NGA 23340.
[Merak South Breakwater]
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 9 m (30 ft); three quick red flashes every 8 s. 9 m (30 ft) red mast on a platform supported by piles. Google has a street view and an indistinct satellite view. One of the busiest ferry routes in the world links Merak in Java to Bakauheni on Sumatra, about two hours away across the Sunda Strait. Ferries sail on the average every 12 minutes, day and night. Located just off the end of a breakwater at the Merak ferry terminal. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1053; NGA 23348.
[Merak Besar (Merak Harbor)]
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 12 m (39 ft); red flash every 2 s. 12 m (39 ft) red mast on a platform supported by piles. A photo is at right and Google has a distant satellite view. Located just off the east side of Pulau Merak Besar, a forested island that shelters Merak harbor. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1053.2; NGA 23352.

Merak Besar
Light, Cilegon, October 2020
Google Maps photo by Lajibira
Pelabuhan Suralaya Range Front
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 25 m (82 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 15 m (49 ft) square skeletal tower. Azis Abdullah Romadhon has a photo but the tower is hard to see in Bing's satellite view. The rear light has not been located in the satellite views. Located at a large power plant near the nrothwestern corner of Java. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1053.3.

Serang Regency: North Coast Lighthouses
Tanjung Piatu
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 12 m (39 ft); white flash every 4 s. 10 m (33 ft) white skeletal tower. No photo available but Bing has an indistinct satellite view. Tanjung Piatu is the extreme northwestern tip of Java. Located at the elbow of an industrial pier on the point of the cape. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1053.7; NGA 23358.
Tanjung Kapo
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 22 m (72 ft); white flash every 10 s. 20 m (66 ft) square white skeletal tower. Syahrial Rangkuti has a photo, Hendrik Abung Somantri has a drone view, and Google has a satellite view. Located on the waterfront of a commercial port on the west side of Banten Bay. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1054.8.
Bandar Bakau Jaya
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 22 m (72 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 20 m (66 ft) square white skeletal tower. A 2022 photo is available, Suban Alif has a distant view and Bing has a satellite view. Located on the waterfront of a commercial port on the west side of Banten Bay about 1.5 km (1 mi) south of the Tanjung Kapo light. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1054.9.
* Karang Antu (Karangantu)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); white flash every 5 s. 12 m (39 ft) round hourglass-shaped white concrete tower. A photo is available, and Google has a street view (also seen at right) and an indistinct satellite view. Located on the west side of the harbor entrance at Kasemen on the south side of Banten Bay. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1055; NGA 23362.
Pulau Tunda (Babi Island) (2)
Date unknown (station established 1890). Active; focal plane 32 m (105 ft); one long white flash every 6 s. 30 m (98 ft) square skeletal tower with lantern and gallery, painted white. Putri Dwi Jayanti has a photo, another photo and a third photo are available, and Google has a satellite view. This light helps guide vessels between the Sunda Strait and Jakarta. The original lighthouse had a focal plane of 18 m (60 ft). Pulau Tunda is a narrow island about 4.5 km (3 mi) long and about 25 km (15 mi) east of the Sunda Strait entrance. Located on the central south coast of the island. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown, probably open. ARLHS IDO-256; Admiralty Q1054; NGA 23360.

Karang Antu
Light, Kasemen. April 2022
Google Maps street view

Tangerang Regency Lighthouse
* Cituis Port
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); white flash every 3 s. 10 m (33 ft) square white skeletal tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on the waterfront of Cituis, a port about 20 km (13 mi) west of Jakarta. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1060.3; NGA 23366.

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Posted April 13, 2006. Checked and revised September 8, 2023. Lighthouses: 42. Site copyright 2023 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.