Lighthouses of Indonesia: Riau (Eastern Sumatra)

Indonesia is a huge country of Southeast Asia, stretching along both sides of the Equator for more than 46 degrees of longitude (roughly 5100 km or 3200 miles). It occupies 17,504 islands, by official count, including more than 6000 inhabited islands. It is the world's fourth most populous nation with a population currently estinated at about 280 million. More than half of the population lives on the island of Java. Other major islands include Sumatra in the west, Borneo (shared with Malaysia and Brunei) in the northwest, Sulawesi in the northeast, and the eastern half of New Guinea in the far east. Other well known islands include Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, and Timor (shared with independent East Timor) along the south side of the country.

The unification of the country was accomplished over many years of struggle by Dutch colonial authorities. The Dutch East India Company was founded in 1602 to establish and extend Dutch administration, and after the company folded in 1800 the Netherlands established the Dutch East Indies colony and gradually extended its boundaries to include the present territory of Indonesia. During World War II Japan occupied the islands from March 1942 to the end of the war in 1945. The Republic of Indonesia proclaimed its independence immediately after the war ended and following some conflict the Netherlands accepted the country's independence in 1949.

Sumatra (Sumatera in Indonesian) is the world's sixth largest island and the westernmost of the major islands of Indonesia. It is separated from Malaysia to the north by the Malacca Strait, from Kalimantan (Borneo) to the northeast by the broad Karimata Strait, and from Java to the southeast by the Sunda Strait. Its south coast faces the open Indian Ocean.

Indonesia is divided into 38 provinces (provinsi) and the provinces are subdivided into county units called regencies (kabupaten). Sumatra includes eight of the provinces. This page includes lighthouses of the central eastern coast of Sumatra in the province of Riau, which faces Singapore across the Malacca Strait. In 2002 the Riau Islands were separated from Riau Province; the Directory has a separate page for the islands. Riau Province has a population of about 6.4 million

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.

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 volumes F and Q of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. (Volume F includes lights north of the Equator and Volume Q includes lights south of the Equator.) U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.

General Sources
Lighthouses in Indonesia
Photos by various photographers available from Wikimedia; most of the photos are historic.
World of Lighthouses - Indonesia
Photos by various photographers available from Lightphotos.net.
Online List of Lights - Indonesia - Volume F and Volume Q
Photos by various photographers posted by Alexander Trabas.
GPSNavigationCharts
Nautical charts for the Malacca Strait area.
Navionics Charts
Nautical charts for the Malacca Strait area.

Tanjung Medang Light and Radar Tower, Pulau Rupat, July 2016
ex-Google Plus photo by Melvinas Priananda
Rokan Hilir (Lower Rokan) Regency Lighthouses
The regency surrounds the lower Rokan River. Its population is more than 600,000.
Pulau Jemur
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 46 m (151 ft); white flash every 5 s. 24 m (79 ft) skeletal tower with lantern and gallery, painted white. A photo (halfway down the page) is available and Hing Kai Kent has a photo showing the base of the tower, but the island is only a blur in Google's satellite view. Pulau Jemur is the largest of the Arwah island group east of Tanjungbalai in the Strait of Malacca, about 50 km (30 mi) offshore and 75 km (45 mi) from the Malaysian coast. (Malaysia also claims the islands, but the Indonesian Navy maintains the Pulau Batu Mandi station on the easternmost island to establish sovereignty.) The Riau provincial government is interested in developing tourist facilities on Pulau Jemur, but admits that conditions are somewhat primitive at the present time. Accessible only by boat; speedboat transportation is available from Bagansiapiapi. Site status unknown. ARLHS IDO-201; Admiralty F1386; NGA 22484.
Pulau Batumandi (Batu Mandi)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 43 m (141 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 40 m (131 ft) square skeletal tower with lantern and gallery, mounted on a 2-story concrete keeper's house. Entire lighthouse painted white. This station is staffed by the Indonesian Navy. A photo is at right but the reef is not shown in Google's satellite view. Located on a rocky reef near the center of the Malacca Strait, about 13 km (8 mi) east of Pulau Jemur. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty F1388; NGA 22484.5.
Panipahan
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); white flash every 5 s. 13 m (43 ft) tower, probably skeletal, on a platform supported by piles. No photo available and the light is not shown in Google's satellite view. Located about 5 km (3 mi) off the town of Panipahan. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1385.8.
Pulau Batu Mandi Light
Pulau Batu Mandi Light
anonymous Creative Commons photo (no longer online)
Tanjung Sinaboi No. 1
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 11 m (36 ft); green flash every 4 s. 11 m (36 ft) tower, probably skeletal, on a platform supported by piles. No photo available and the light is not seen in Google's satellite view. This light and the next one flank a deep water channel leading to Dumai and Bengkalis. Located about 10 km (6 mi) northeast of Tanjung Sinaboi, a low headland of the mainland. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1400.311; NGA 22490.
Tanjung Sinaboi No. 2
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 11 m (36 ft); red flash every 4 s. 11 m (36 ft) tower, probably skeletal, on a platform supported by piles. No photo available and the light is not seen in Google's satellite view. Located about 8 km (5 mi) east of the No. 1 Light. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1400.3115; NGA 22490.1.

Dumai City Lighthouses
Rupat is a large island, about 40 km (25 mi) in diameter, separated from the metropolitan Dumai City on the mainland of Sumatra to the west and south by the narrow Rupat Strait. Dumai proper is an industrial city with a population of about 300,000 facing the south (mainland) side of the strait.

Gosong Bakautua North
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); white flash every 3 s. 13 m (43 ft) tower, probably skeletal, on a platform supported by piles. No photo available and the light is not shown in Google's satellite view. This light and the next one guide ships entering the Rupat Strait from the north around a large shoal area. Located about 10 km (6 mi) north of the mouth of the strait. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1400.313.
Gosong Bakautua South
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); white flash every 2 s. 13 m (43 ft) tower, probably skeletal, 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 the mouth of the strait. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1400.315.
Pulau Ketam (Pulau Rupat West)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 15 m (49 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 15 m (49 ft) square skeletal tower mounted on a platfoirm supported by piles. No photo available but Bing has a fuzzy satellite view through clouds. Located off the northwestern tip of Pulau Ketam, an island in the strait off the west coast of Pulau Rupat. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1400.317.
Lubuk Gaung Port Ivomas North
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 23 m (75 ft); white flash every 4 s. 20 m (66 ft) square white skeletal tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on the waterfront of the port in front of a large oil terminal. Site and tower closed. Admiralty F1400.3.
Lubuk Gaung Port Ivomas South
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 28 m (92 ft); white flash every 6 s. 25 m (82 ft) square white skeletal tower. The light is centered in a 2022 photo and Google has a satellite view. Located on the waterfront of the port in front of a large oil terminal, about 800 m (1/2 mi) south of the north light. Site and tower closed. Admiralty F1400.4.
Lubuk Gaung PT Meridan Sejati Surya
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 28 m (92 ft); white flash every 4 s. 25 m (82 ft) square white skeletal tower. Anugrah Cipto has a distant view (lighthouse near the left edge) and Google has a satellite view. Located about 1.5 m (1 mi) southeast of the Port Ivomas lights. Site and tower closed. Admiralty F1401.05.
Dumai
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 28 m (92 ft); white flash every 4 s. 25 m (82 ft) white robust mast with three galleries. The tower is shown in Roffi Ardinata's brief video, it is left of the pier in his aerial view and Google has a satellite view. The nature of this tower is not known. Located in an industrial park on the east side of Dumai. Site status unknown. Admiralty F1400.05 (ex-F1401.05); NGA 22511.1.
Dumai Dermaga Pertamina
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 43 m (141 ft); white light, 2 s on, 3 s off. Approx. 40 m (131 ft) tapered square skeletal tower, painted white. Eddy Radzi's photo is at right, the light is in front of the blue buildings in a distant view, and Bing has a satellite view. The light is listed by the Admiralty and NGA simply as "Selat Rupat." Located at the Pertamina oil terminal in the Dumai Industrial Park, on the south side of the Rupat Strait, which separates Pulau Rupat from the mainland. Site status unknown. Admiralty F1402.6; NGA 22523.1.
Selat Rupat G (Tanjung Lebang Outbound Range Front)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 16 m (52 ft); quick-flashing white light. 16 m (52 ft) square white skeletal tower mounted on a platform supported by piles. No photo available and Google has only a fuzzy satellite view of the area. Located about 5 km (3 mi) northeast of Tanjung Lebang, the south side of the entrance to the Rupat Strait. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1401.9; NGA 22520.
Selat Rupat F (Tanjung Lebang Range Common Rear)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 17 m (56 ft); white light, 1 s on, 1 s off. 17 m (56 ft) square white skeletal tower mounted on a platform supported by piles. No photo available and Google has only a fuzzy satellite view of the area. Located 1425 m (0.89 mi) east of the Outbound Range Front Light. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1402; NGA 22512.
Selat Rupat E (Tanjung Lebang Inbound Range Front)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 16 m (52 ft); quick-flashing white light. 16 m (52 ft) square white skeletal tower mounted on a platform supported by piles. No photo available and Google has only a fuzzy satellite view of the area. Located 300 m (0.2 mi) southeast of the Common Rear Light. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1402.1; NGA 22516.
Selat Rupat A
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 16 m (52 ft); three white flashes every 15 s. 13 m (43 ft) square white skeletal tower mounted on a platform supported by piles. No photo available and Google has only a fuzzy satellite view of the area. Located on a shoal about 5 km (3 mi) offshore marking the eastern approach to the Rupat Strait and Dumai. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1402.5; NGA 22523.

Dermaga Pertamina Light, Dumai, March 2020
Google Maps photo by Eddy Radzi

Bengkalis Regency: Pulau Rupat Lighthouses
Bengkalis Regency consists of three disjunct areas: Rupat Island, Bengkalis Island, and an area of the mainland facing the gap between those islands.
Pulau Burung
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); red flash every 5 s. 13 m (43 ft) square skeletal tower mounted on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located off the west end of Pulau Burung, a small island just off the north coast of Pulau Rupat. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1395.2; NGA 22491.
Tanjung Medang
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 52 m (171 ft); white flash every 10 s. 50 m (164 ft) square tapered skeletal tower with lantern and gallery, painted white. Several coast guard buildings nearby. Melvinas Priananda's photo is at the top of this page, Arik Novriko Sulistio has a 2018 photo, Abdul Muis has a photo, and Google has a satellite view. For eastbound ships Tanjung Medang is an important landmark marking the entrance to the narrow section of the Malacca Strait. The taller tower behind he lighthouse carries vessel traffic control radar. Located on a swampy cape at the northern tip of Pulau Rupat. Site status unknown. ARLHS IDO-315; Admiralty F1395; NGA 22492.
Morong
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 25 m (82 ft); three white flashes every 15 s. 25 m (82 ft) square tapered skeletal tower with lantern and gallery, painted white. No photo available but Bing has a satellite view. Located at an estuary entrance on the east side of Pulau Rupat. Site status unknown. ARLHS IDO-171; Admiralty F1395.5; NGA 22496.
* Batu Pandang
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 18 m (59 ft); white flash every 3 s. Approx. 15 m (49 ft) square cylindrical white skeletal tower. A photo is at right and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on the pier at Batu Pandang on the south side of Rupat Island opposite Dumai city. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1401.5; NGA 22511.5.

Bengkalis Regency: Strait of Malacca Main Channel Lighthouses
Gosong Raleigh (Raleigh Shoal)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 16 m (52 ft); two white flashes every 5 s. 13 m (43 ft) tower, probably mounted on a caisson or concrete pier. Lighthouse painted black with one red horizontal band. No photo available and the light is not shown in Google's satellite view. Located on the south side of the main ship channel of the Malacca Strait, northeast of Pulau Rupat. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty F1396; NGA 22500.

Batu Pandang Light, Pulau Rupat, November 2016
ex-Google Plus photo by erwans st
Gosong Rob Roy (Rob Roy Bank)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 16 m (52 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 13 m (43 ft) tower, probably mounted on a caisson or concrete pier. Lighthouse painted black with one red horizontal band. No photo available and the light is not shown in Google's satellite view. Located on the south side of the main ship channel of the Malacca Strait, east of Pulau Rupat. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty F1397; NGA 22508.
Gosong Clark (Clark Bank)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); white flash every 3 s. 14 m (46 ft) tower painted white. No photo available and the light is not shown in Google's satellite view. Located on a shoal on the south side of the main channel in the Strait of Malacca, about 25 km (15 mi) north of Pulau Bengkalis. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty F1398; NGA 22578.

Bengkalis Regency: Bengkalis Strait Entrance Lighthouses
Bengkalis Island is a large island, about 100 km (62 mi) long and up to 20 km (13 mi) wide. The Bengkalis Strait separates the west end of the island from the mainland to the southwest and the very narrow Padang Strait separates it from Padang Island to the south. The north and east sides of the island face the open Malacca Strait.

Selat Rupat D
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); white light, 1.5 s on, 1.5 s off. 14 m (46 ft) square white skeletal tower mounted on a platform supported by piles. No photo available and Google has only a fuzzy satellite view of the area. For vessels leaving the Bengkalis Strait, this light marks the point of division between the channels leading to the Rupat Strait and to the open Malacca Strait. Located on a shoal about 10 km (6 mi) north northwest of Tanjung Bakau. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1403; NGA 22524.
Tanjung Bakau C (Range Rear)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 29 m (95 ft); white light, 2 s on, 2 s off. 28 m (92 ft) skeletal tower, painted white. No photo available but Google has a satellite view and a distant street view. This is an outbound range for vessels leaving Bengkalis; it shares a front light tower with the Range Rear B light. Located on the south side of the strait leading to Bengkalis. Site status unknown. ARLHS IDO-293; Admiralty F1404.1; NGA 22536.
Tanjung Bakau A (Common Front) (1 and 2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 15 m (49 ft); quick-flashing white light. Two towers: approx. 18 m (59 ft) and 15 m (49 ft) square white skeletal towers mounted on platforms supported by piles. The towers are at the right edge of a 2022 photo, a distant view from shore is available, and Google has a satellite view. The light was presumably moved to the taller tower recently. Located just offshore, 1 km (0.6 mi) east of Light C and 760 m (0.5 mi) north of Light B. Accessible only by boat but there is a good view from the nearby Tenggayun Beach. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1404; NGA 22528.
Tanjung Bakau B (Range Rear)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 29 m (95 ft); white light, 2 s on, 2 s off. 28 m (92 ft) skeletal tower, painted white. The lighthouse is near the right edge of Rudi Haryanto's drone view and Google has a satellite view. This is an inbound range for vessels approaching Bengkalis; it shares a front light tower with the Range Rear C light (previous entry). Located on the south side of the strait leading to Bengkalis. Site status unknown. ARLHS IDO-292; Admiralty F1403.9; NGA 22532.

Bengkalis Regency and City: Pulau Bengkalis Lighthouses
The regency capital of Bengkalis is a city of about 70,000 residents on the south side of the island of Bengkalis, just off the mainland of Sumatra.

* Bengkalis
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 32 m (105 ft); white flash every 10 s. 30 m (98 ft) square skeletal tower with gallery. Google has the street view seen at right and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located two blocks behind the ferry terminal in Bengkalis, south of the intersection of Sudirman and Syahbandar streets. Site status unknown but the tower is easy to see from nearby streets. Admiralty F1407; NGA 22544.

Bengkalis Light, Pulau Bengkalis, July 2019
Google Maps street view
Tanjung Jati (2?)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 16 m (52 ft); white light, 2 s on, 6 s off. Approx. 15 m (49 ft) white barbell-shaped fiberglass tower. A closeup photo is at right and the light is visible in Google's satellite view of the area. Located at the western tip of Pulau Benkalis and on the north side of the entrance to the Bengkalis Strait. Site status unknown. Admiralty F1406; NGA 22542.
Tanjung Parit (1 and 2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 42 m (138 ft); white flash every 5 s. 40 m (131 ft) skeletal tower, painted white. Several coast guard buildings. No photo available but Bing has a satellite view of the station. The present lighthouse appears to have replaced a tower about 20 m (66 ft) tall. Located on a swampy cape at the northeastern corner of Bengkalis Island. Site status unknown. ARLHS IDO-320; Admiralty F1413.5; NGA 22580.
Tanjung Sekodi (2)
Around 2010. Active; focal plane 31 m (102 ft); white flash every 7.5 s. Approx. 28 m (92 ft) robust white post with gallery. A 2020 photo and Muhammad Asri's video show the tower and concrete foundation blocks that supported the previous skeletal tower. Google has a distant satellite view. Located on a platform just off a swampy cape at the southeastern corner of Bengkalis Island. Site status unknown. Admiralty F1413.7; NGA 22580.7.

Bengkalis Regency: Mainland Lighthouse
Sungai Siak Range Rear
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); white flash every 3 s. Approx. 13 m (43 ft) white skeletal tower. No photo available but Google has an indistinct satellite view. The Siak River flows into the Bengkalis Strait south of the city. Located on the west bank of the river. Site status unknown. Admiralty F1413.1; NGA 22560.

Kepulauan Meranti (Meranti Islands) Regency Lighthouse
The Meranti Islands stretch southeastward from Bengkalis Island (which would be one of them, geographically). The four largest islands are Padang, Rangsang, Merbau, and Tebing Tinggi. The islands are separated from one another and from the mainland by narrow straits. Rangsang Island is outermost, facing the south end of the Malacca Strait.

Bandul
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 12 m (39 ft); red flash every 10 s. 12 m (39 ft) red skeletal tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located opposite the Tanjung Sekodi Light (see above) on the south side of the entrance to the Padang Strait separating Pulau Padang from Pulau Bengkalis. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admitalty F1413.75.
Tanjung Mayung
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 12 m (39 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 12 m (39 ft) white skeletal tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located just off the southern tip of Pulau Padang. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admitalty F1413.8.

Tanjung Jati Light, Pulau Bengkalis, September 2022
Google Maps photo by FX Michael
Tanjung Ringgit
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 12 m (39 ft); red light, pattern unknown. Approx. 12 m (39 ft) red skeletal tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located just off the southern tip of Pulau Merbau marking the junction of the straits separating Merbau, Padang, and Tebing Tinggi. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admitalty F1414.
Tanjung Bohmat
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 12 m (39 ft); red flash every 10 s. 12 m (39 ft) red skeletal tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Bing has a fuzzy satellite view. Located on the east side of the northern entrance to the Asam Strait separating Pulau Padang from Pulau Merbau. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admitalty F1413.77.
Tanjung Kungkung (2?)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); one long green flash every 7 s. 14 m (46 ft) green fiberglass tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. A nearby platform probably held a previous skeletal tower. Located on the west side of the northern entrance to the Kungkung Strait separating Pulau Merbau from Pulau Rangsang. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admitalty F1414.6.
* Selat Panjang
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 18 m (59 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 16 m (52 ft) square white skeletal tower. Poernawan Zuhri has a photo (a portion is at right), Barbermen Budimen has a distant view from the water, and Bing has a satellite view. Selat Panjang, a city of about 80,000 residents on Pulau Tebing Tinggi, is the capital of the Meranti Islands Regency. Located a short distance west of the ferry terminal at Selat Panjang. Site probably open, tower closed. Admiralty F1416.
Tanjung Menggung
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 16 m (52 ft); white flash every 5 s. 16 m (52 ft) square white skeletal tower mounted on a platform supported by piles. No photo available and Google has only a fuzzy satellite view of the area. Located off the southern tip of Pulau Rangsang. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1417; NGA 22590.

Selat Panjang Light, Selat Panjang, April 2019
Google Maps photo by Poernawan Zuhri

Siak Regency Lighthouse
Siak Regency occupies the mainland of Sumatra facing the Meranti Islands.

Futong
Date unknown. Active; focal plane at least 25 m (82 ft); light characteristics unknown. Square white skeletal tower at least 25 m (82 ft) tall. The lighthouse is in the center of Selfi Andriani's photo and Google has a satellite view. Located at Futong, a mainland seaport opposite the west end of Pulau Tebing Tinggi. Site status unknown. Admiralty F1413.94.

Indragiri Hilir (Lower Indragiri) Regency (Northern Berhala Strait) Lighthouses
The Berhala Strait separates the Indragiri Hilir Regency from the southern Riau Islands, southwest of Singapore. The strait is generally 25-40 km (15-25 mi) wide.

Tanjung Ungo
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 12 m (39 ft); white flash every 5 s. 12 m (39 ft) square white skeletal tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located just off Tanjung Ungo marking the entrance to a strait separating the mainland from Pulau Mendol, the southernmost of the Meranti Islands. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1428.4.
Pulau Burung
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 12 m (39 ft); red flash every 5 s. 12 m (39 ft) square red skeletal tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available and but Bing has a satellite view. Located on a shoal northwest of Pulau Burung and about 25 km (15 mi) southeast of Tanjung Ungo. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F1428.44.
Tanjung Datuk (Tanjung Dato)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 25 m (82 ft); white flash every 5 s. 25 m (82 ft) square white skeletal tower on a square platform supported by piles. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. A short distance southwest a monument marks the Equator. Located just off a swampy point on the west side of the Berhala Strait. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. ARLHS IDO-300; Admiralty F1429; NGA 22616.
Pulau Busang
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); white flash every 3 s. 13 m (43 ft) square white skeletal tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located off the east end of Pulau Busang marking the entrance to Kualacenaku Bay, the inlet between Tanjung Dato and Tanjung Bakau. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q0981.75.
Teluk Kualacenaku
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 13 m (43 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 13 m (43 ft) round barbell-shaped white fiberglass tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Bing has a satellite view. Located in Kualacenaku Bay at the entrance to the Batangtuaka River. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q0981.73.
Sungai Batangtuaka
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 13 m (43 ft); green light, pattern unknown. Approx. 13 m (43 ft) round barbell-shaped green fiberglass tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located off a swampy point on the north side of the Batangtuaka River. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q0981.72.
Tanjung Bakau
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 15 m (49 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 15 m (49 ft) "white beacon." No photo available but Bing has a satellite view. Located off a swampy point about 30 km (19 mi) south of Tanjung Datuk. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q0981; NGA 22720.
Gosong Pentekuk Tembilahan
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 13 m (43 ft); green light, pattern unknown. Approx. 13 m (43 ft) square skeletal tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Bing has a satellite view. Located on the north side of the Indragiri River about 12 km (7.5 mi) east of Tembilahan. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q0981.7.
* Tembilahan (2?)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 20 m (66 ft); white flash every 5 s. Approx. 17 m (56 ft) square white skeletal tower. NGA has 10 m (33 ft) for the tower height but the light is clearly much taller. Ade Arshavin's 2021 street view is at right, the top of the tower is seen in Khairil Walad's 2021 photo, Cipto Alfatih has an evening drone view, and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Tembilahan, the capital of Indragiri Hilir Regency, is a city of about 70,000 residents on the north side of the Indragiri River. Located in the port area at Tembilahan. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q0981.5; NGA 22716.

Tembilahan Light, Tembilahan, April 2021
Google Maps street view by Ade Arshavin
Kuala Enok North
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); green flash every 6 s. 13 m (43 ft) square green skeletal tower on a platform supported by piles. A distant view is available and Bing has a satellite view. NGA calls this the "West beacon," which seems inaccurate. Located on the north side of the entrance to the Enok River. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q0980.5; NGA 22722.2.
Kuala Enok No. 5
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 12 m (39 ft); green light, pattern unknown. Approx. 12 m (39 ft) tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Bing has a satellite view. Located on the north side of the entrance to the Enok River about 8 km (5 mi) west of the Kuala Enok North light. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q0980.8.
Kuala Enok South
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); red flash every 5 s. 13 m (43 ft) square red skeletal tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on the south side of the entrance to the Enok River. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q0980.4; NGA 22722.

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Posted April 13, 2006. Checked and revised January 20, 2024. Lighthouses: 54. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.