The Kingdom of Cambodia (Kampuchea in Khmer) has a rather short coastline facing the Gulf of Thailand between Vietnam and Thailand. Colonized by France as part of French Indochina from 1863 to 1953, Cambodia suffered greatly from the warfare in Vietnam (1955-75) plus the misrule of the Khmer Rouge insurgency (1975-79). However, the country later stabilized and reopened for Western tourism. During the French colonial period Cambodia had no major salt water ports; it was served by ships sailing the Mekong River through Vietnam. Development of the modern port of Sihanoukville (Kampong Som) on the Gulf of Thailand began only in 1955. In the Khmer language spoken in Cambodia a lighthouse is called bangkol phleung hvar (បង្គោលភ្លើងហ្វារ, literally "fire on a pole"); koh or kaoh is an island, and kampong phe is a harbor. In Khmer the Gulf of Thailand is called Chhoung Samut Siem (" Gulf of Siam"). The lighthouses in Cambodia are maintained by the Port Autonome de Sihanoukville (PAS). ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume F of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.
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![]() Koh Koang Kang (Koh Tas) Light, Sihanoukville photo copyright Wim ON6TZ/XU7TZG courtesy of Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society |
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Posted August 11, 2007. Checked and revised March 31, 2024. Lighthouses: 6. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.