Lighthouses of the Philippines: Palawan

The Republic of the Philippines (Pilipinas in Filipino) includes more than 7600 islands stretching over 1750 km (1100 mi) of the western Pacific and separating the Philippine Sea on the east from the South China Sea on the west. The largest islands are Luzon at the northern end of the country and Mindanao at the southern end. As of 2020 the population of the country was about 109 million.

The archipelago was a Spanish colony until the Spanish-American War of 1898, which brought the islands under U.S. administration. Japan occupied the islands during World War II (1942-45) and the country became independent shortly thereafter (1946).

The Philippines is divided into 17 regions and subdivided into 81 provinces. This page describes lighthouses of Palawan Province in the southwestern Phillipines. Palawan itself, the major part of the province, is a large but narrow island, about 450 km (280 mi) long but rarely more than 50 km (30 mi) wide. Separating the South China Sea (known as the West Philippine Sea in the Philippines) on the northwest from the Sulu Sea on the southeast, the island is largely undeveloped and includes many outstanding natural areas. Palawan Province also includes islands to the northeast and southwest of Palawan Island as well as many of the reefs of the Sulu Sea. The province is sparsely populated with fewer than 800,000 residents spread over a very large area.

Palawan is part of the region of the country known by the acronym Mimaropa (Mindoro + Marinduque + Romblon + Palawan).

Filipino and English are official languages in the Philippines. In Filipino a lighthouses is called a parola; an island is an isla or pulo. Many English maritime terms have been adopted into Filipino, including cape, bay, and port, and the names of historic lighthouses are often retained in their Spanish forms.

Lighthouses in the Philippines are maintained by the Marine Safety Services Command of the Philippine Coast Guard. Notices to Mariners are posted by the National Mapping and Resource Information Agency (NAMRIA).

Many Philippine lighthouses are not well known so better information and photos are always needed.

ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. PCG numbers are the Philippines Light List numbers, where known. Admiralty numbers are from volume F of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.

General Sources
Lighthouses in the Philippines
Photos and observations in blog entries by Loyd Martinez.
Lighthouses in the Philippines
Wikipedia article, with links to articles on several of the individual lighthouses.
Spanish Lighthouses of the Philippines
This is the Directory's own list of the Spanish light stations, with notes on their current status.
Lighthouses in the Philippines
Photos by various photographers available from Wikimedia.
World of Lighthouses - Philippines
Photos by various photographers available from Lightphotos.net.
Online List of Lights - Philippines
Photos by various photographers posted by Alexander Trabas.
GPSNavigationCharts
Navigation chart information for Palawan.
Navionics Charts
Navigation chart for Palawan.

Cape Melville Light
Cape Melville Light, Balabac, December 2006
Flickr photo copyright Julio Banderas; permission requested

Calamian Islands Lighthouses
The Calamian Islands are a small group located off the northeastern end of Palawan. To the north of the islands the Mindoro Strait separates Palawan Province from Mindoro and provides a wide passage joining the Sulu Sea and the South China Sea.

Bantac Island
Date unknown. Active; focal plane unknown; three white flashes every 10 s. Approx. 10 m (33 ft) round barbell-shaped white fiberglass tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. This light marks the west side of the entrance to the Mindoro Strait from the Sulu Sea. Located on Bantac, an island in the Mindoro Strait about 20 km (13 mi) northeast of Coron. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. PCG-0465; Admiralty F2574.5; NGA 14486.
Delian Island
Date unknown. Active; focal plane unknown; one short and one long white flash every 6 s. Approx. 10 m (33 ft) round barbell-shaped white fiberglass tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on the southern tip of Delian, an island southeast of Coron. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. PCG-0466; Admiralty F2176; NGA 14497.
Coron Point
Date unknown. Active; focal plane unknown; white flash every 5 s. Approx. 10 m (33 ft) round barbell-shaped white fiberglass tower. A distant view from the sea is available and Bing has a distant satellite view. Located at the southern tip of Busuanga, the largest of the Calamian Islands, marking the entrance to Coron harbor. Site status unknown, but there's a good view from ferries rounding the point. PCG-0559; Admiralty F2179.2; NGA 14497.2.
* Culion Island
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 35 m (115 ft); red flash every 5 s. 3.5 m (11 ft) post mounted atop the watchtower of a small Spanish fort (the rest of the fort has disappeared). A photo is at right, a 2007 photo is available, Grantleigh Sanchez has a 2017 drone view, and Google has a satellite view. Culion is the second largest island in the Calamian group, located southwest of Coron. Located next to the Church of the Immaculate Conception, on the north side of the entrance to Culion harbor and on the northeast side of Culion Island. Site open; visitors are free to climb to the watchtower. PCG-0328; Admiralty F2174; NGA 14496.
* [Port Culion]
Date unknown. Active (privately maintained); focal plane about 14 m (46 ft); red light, pattern unknown. Approx. 11 m (36 ft) post with gallery. Donald Del Campo has a 2023 photo and the Philippine Ports Authority has a photo (light on the right, behind the blue-roofed building), but the post is not seen in Google's satellite view of the port. Located at the Culion port. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F2173.5.

Culion Island Light, Culion, April 2010
ex-Panoramio photo copyright jhohng; permission requested
Dicabaito Island
Date unknown. Active; focal plane unknown; two white flashes every 3 s. Approx. 10 m (33 ft) round barbell-shaped white fiberglass tower. Victor Sharapov has a very distant street view and Google has a satellite view. This light marks the southernmost point of the Calamian group. NGA misspells the name "Decabaito." Located on a small, very steep island just off the southern tip of Dicabaito Island, marking the Linapacan Strait, a passage about 8 km (5 mi) wide between the Sulu and South China Seas. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. PCG-0329; Admiralty F2173; NGA 14494.

Palawan Island East Coast (Sulu Sea) Lighthouses
Taytay (2?)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 50 m (164 ft); white flash every 5 s. Approx. 9 m (30 ft) round barbell-shaped white fiberglass tower. A very distant view is available and Google has a satellite view. NGA lists a light with a focal plane of 9 m (30 ft), but this may be a mistake. Located on a headland north of the waterfront of Taytay, a municipality on the east side of Palawan's northern peninsula. Site status unknown. PCG-0497; Admiralty F2169; NGA 14514.7.
* Araceli
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 12 m (39 ft); green flash every 5 s. 9 m (30 ft) mast mounted on a 1-story equipment building. Bryan Zafra has a photo, Leanne Mae Lagrada has a photo, Michael Maga-ao has a drone view, and Google has a satellite view. Located on the pier at Araceli, a town near the east end of Dumaran Island, a substantial island off the northeastern coast of Palawan. Accessible by walking the pier. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F2168.5.
Langoy Island (1 and 2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 111 m (364 ft); white flash every 5 s. 11 m (35 ft) square concrete pylon with a stairway spiralling around the tower. Samantha Stanistreet has a 2019 photo, the tower is seen atop the island in Michael Maga-ao's distant 2023 view, and Google has a satellite view. Lightphotos.net has a 2013 photo of a round cylindrical white tower, flared at the top; this is consistent with current NGA and PCG descriptions of a "round metal tower." Apparently the round tower was removed and the light replaced by (or perhaps returned to the original) post-and-stairway tower. Located on a small, high island about 15 km (9 mi) south of Araceli. ARLHS PHI-036; PCG-0333; Admiralty F2168; NGA 14516.
* Barbacan Point (Roxas)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 9 m (30 ft); white flash every 5 s. 9 m (30 ft) round barbell-shaped white tower. Lightphotos.net has a 2013 photo and Bing has a distant satellite view. Located on a sharp point on the south side of Roxas, a municipality with a population of about 70,000. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F2169.5; NGA 14517.
Bold Point
Date unknown. Inactive since 2021 (still charted as active by Navionics). Approx. 9 m (30 ft) round barbell-shaped white tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on a rounded headland about 50 km (30 mi) east of Puerto Princesa. Site status unknown. ex-PCG-0334; ex-Admiralty F2166; NGA 14518.
* Honda Bay
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 16 m (52 ft); white flash every 5 s. 12 m (39 ft) triangular skeletal communications tower. A 2019 photo is available and Google has a street view, but the tower is inconspicuous in Google's satellite view. Located at a National Police Maritime station on the Honda Bay Wharf about 16 km (10 mi) north of Puerto Princesa. Site open, tower closed. PCG-0820; Admiralty F2165; NGA 14518.5.
Bancao-Bancao (Bancaobancaon Point, Puerto Princesa)
Date unknown (station established 1908). Active; focal plane 11 m (36 ft); three white flashes every 5 s. 11 m (36 ft) slender square concrete tower with an external concrete spiral stairway encircling the tower. Active Philippine Coast Guard station with several buildings. A portion of a 2023 street view by Joseph Emmanuel Magallanes is at right, another photo is available, and Google has a satellite view. Located on the north side of the entrance to the harbor of Puerto Princesa, a city of about 300,000 residents that is the capital and principal port of Palawan. Site status unknown. ARLHS PHI-009; PCG-0335; Admiralty F2163.1 (ex-F2163); NGA 14524.
Tidepool Point (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); red flash every 5 s. 8 m (26 ft) slender square concrete tower with an external concrete spiral stairway encircling the tower. Joseph Emmanuel Magallanes has a closeup 2023 photo and street view, a 2015 view from the sea is available, and Google has an indistinct satellite view. The city's web site has a photo of the original light: a lantern that was run up a mast every night. Located on a point of land at the end of Valencia Street in Puerto Princesa. Site and tower closed (naval base). PCG-0336; Admiralty F2164; NGA 14520.


Bancao-Bancao Light, Puerto Princesa, August 2023
Google Maps photo by Joseph Emmanuel Magallanes

Calver Point (Tigman)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane unknown; white flash every 5 s. Described as a "metal structure." No photo available and the tower is not seen in Google's satellite view of the point. Located on a sharp promontory on the east side of Tigman. Site status unknown. Admiralty F2162; NGA 14526.
* Panacan
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 11 m (36 ft); red flash every 5 s. Approx. 10 m (33 ft) round barbell-shaped white metal tower. David Vietavie has a 2018 closeup photo, Joseph Emmanuel Magallanes has a 2023 photo, and Google has a street view and a satellite view. Located at the base of the pier at Panacan about 10 km (6 mi) south of Narra. Site open, tower closed. PCG-0523; Admiralty F2161; NGA 14527.
* Iraray (Pescado Point)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane unknown; white flash every 5 s. Described by PCG as a steel tower; it appears to be a white barbell-shqped tower. No photo available but Bing has a fuzzy satellite view. Located on a low headland at Iraray. Site status unknown. PCG-0591; Admiralty F2160.5; NGA 14527.5.
* Brooke's Point (Port Miller) (3?)
Date unknown (station established about 1850). Inactive. Approx. 10 m (33 ft) square concrete tower, painted white, with a small gallery and an external spiral stairway encircling the tower. Active Coast Guard station. A photo by Joseph Emmanuel Magallanes is at right, he also has a street view, the city has a photo (halfway down the page), and Google has a fuzzy satellite view of the station. There are reports that a lighthouse was built near here by the British adventurer Sir James Brooke, the legendary White Rajah of Sarawak, in Borneo, to mark his northernmost outpost in southern Palawan. If so that historic lighthouse does not survive. The 1920 light list mentions a light mounted in 1910 on the "government blockhouse," and amazingly that light is still described by NGA. According to the blogger, the light station is endangered by beach erosion; he or she writes that "Rip-rap must be done before it's too late." Brooke's Point is an active seaport, with about 75,000 residents, located 192 km (120 mi) southwest of Puerto Princesa. Site open, tower closed.
* Brooke's Point (Port Miller) (4?)
Date unknown (station established about 1850). Active; focal plane unknown; red flash every 5 s. Approx. 18 m (60 ft) cylindrical metal tower, flared at the top and bottom. A photo by Joseph Emmanuel Magallanes is at right and he also has a closeup of this tower. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS PHI-069; Admiralty F2160; NGA 14532.
[Brooke's Point Jetty (No. 2)]
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 12 m (39 ft); red flash every 5 s. Approx. 9 m (30 ft) white concrete post. The light is at the right edge of Alimmuddin Narrazid's 2023 photo, Ricky Hibalay has a 2021 sunset photo and Google has a fuzzy satellite view. Located at the west end of a detached breakwater protecting the end of the Brooke Point Jetty. Accessible only by boat but easy to see from shore. Site open, tower closed. PCG-0561; Admiralty F2160.25.

Brookes Point Lights, Brookes Point, November 2022
Google Maps photo by Joseph Emmanuel Magallanes

Balabac Lighthouses
Balabac is an island off the southwestern tip of Palawan, representing the extreme southwestern end of the country. The Balabac Strait separates the island (and the Philippines) from the Malaysian state of Sabah.

* Espina Point (1 and 2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 40 m (131 ft); white (?) flash every 5 s. 10 m (33 ft) concrete post; painted white with red bands at the base and the top. Next to the light is a monument to Juan Sebastián Elcano, the Basque captain commanding the Magellan expedition after Magellan imself had been killed; the expedition stopped briefly at the island as it left the Philippines. Carlo Caacbay has a 2022 drone view showing both the light and the monument; a portion of this view is seen at right. A photo (just over halfway down the page) is also available but it shows a red light; the light has been listed as white at least since 2012 and is charted as white by Navionics, but it also appears red in the drone view. Google has an indistinct satellite view of the station. Joseph Emmanuel Magallanes has an August 2023 street view of a new lighthouse under construction. The light guides ferries arriving in Balabac from Rio Tuba, Palawan. Located on Balabac Island about 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Cape Melville, marking the south side of the entrance to Balabac harbor. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS PHI-024; PCG-0338; Admiralty F2156; NGA 14536.
[Comiran Island (2?)]
Date unknown. Inactive at least since 2021. Described by the Admiralty as a "metal structure." A 1998 photo (no longer online) showed a mast supported by tripod standing next to a square concrete block that must be the base of an earlier light. No current information available; visitors in 2015 do not mention the light in their account. Bing has an indistinct satellite view of the location. Located on a small island about 25 km (15 mi) off the east coast of Balabac. Accessible only by boat. Site open. ex-PCG-0340; ex-Admiralty F2158; NGA 14534.

Espina Point Light, Balabac, May 2018
Google Maps photo by Carlo Caacbay
* Cape Melville (1)
1892. Inactive. 27.5 m (90 ft) octagonal stone tower, unpainted, with lantern and gallery. 1-story stone keeper's house and other light station buildings. A photo by Julio Banderas is at the top of this page, Zedrick Mago has a 2018 photo, Joseph Emmanuel Magallanes has a 2022 photo, another photo is available, and Google has a satellite view. This historic Spanish lighthouse is located at the southern tip of Balabac Island in southernmost Palawan, marking the southwestern extremity of the Philippines. Abandoned and remote, it is certainly endangered. A 2017 closeup shows the poor condition of the tower. More information is needed on access to this site. Site and tower reported open. . ARLHS PHI-014.
* Cape Melville (2)
Date unknown (station established 1892). Active; focal plane 90 m (296 ft); white flash every 5 s. Approx. 20 m (66 ft) round cylindrical white tower with a flared top. Mahal Ko has a 2018 photo (also seen at right), Joseph Emmanuel Magallanes has a 2023 closeup, and Google has a satellite view. Located about 150 m (500 ft) northeast of the historic lighthouse. Site open, tower closed. PCG-0339; Admiralty F2152; NGA 14540.
North Mangsee Island
Date unknown. Active; focal plane unknown but probably at least 20 m (66 ft); white flash every 3 s. A mast or skeletal tower; the light is described by NGA as a "metal structure" and by PCG as "steel." No photo available and the light has not been located in Bing's satellite view of the island. The two Mangsee Islands are in the center of the Balabac Strait. The Philippines took over administration of them in 1947 with the consent of Great Britain, which then controlled North Borneo (now the Malaysian statee of Sabah). North Mangsee has a population of about 9000 and the town has a number of towers, any of which could carry the light. Site status unknown. PCG-0489; Admiralty F2159; NGA 14542.

Cape Melville Light, Balabac, May 2018
Google Maps photo by Mahal Ko

Palawan Island West Coast (West Philippine/South China Sea) Lighthouses
* Tarumpitao (2?)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 20 m (66 ft); white flash every 5 s. Approx. 17 m (56 ft) skeletal tower. Joseph Emmanuel Magallanes has a 2023 photo but trees hide the light in Google's satellite view. The light was formerly carried on a 35 m (115 ft) mast, painted with red and white horizontal bands, seen in the upper right corner of Jundemar Cabeguin's 2017 aerial view. This mast was the transmission tower of a Loran navigation antenna. Loran-C (Long Range Aid to Navigation) was a navigation system based on low-frequency radio waves. Widely used from the 1940s to the 1990s, it has been replaced by satellite-based GPS systems. The Tarumpitao Loran Station was established by the U.S. Coast Guard in 1946 and transferred to the Philippine Coast Guard in 1971. It is no longer active but PCG operates a substation on the property. The mast has probably been removed; it is not seen in Google's 2022 street view. Located in Tarumpitao on the southwest coast of Palawan. Site status unknown. PCG-0341; Admiralty F2172; NGA 14513.
* Malanut Bay (Quezon)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 15 m (49 ft); white flash every 5 s. 9 m (30 ft) round barbell-shaped tower. Entire lighthouse is white. A 2023 photo by Joseph Emmanuel Magallanes is at right, Yang Xiao has a view from the pier, and Google has a distant satellite view. Located on the waterfront of Quezon, a fishing port with about 65,000 residents on the west coast of Palawan. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F2171; NGA 14514.
Apurawan (Apurauan)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane unknown; white flash every 5 s. 12 m (39 ft) tower, type unknown. No photo available and although no tower is seen Google's satellite view may show the station. Located on heights above Long Point, a headland on the central west coast of Palawan. Site status unknown. Admiralty F2162.5.
Camungyan Island
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 52 m (171 ft); three white flashes every 15 s. Approx. 9 m (30 ft) white fiberglass tower. No photo available but Bing has an indistinct satellite view. Located at the highest point of the Tres Marias Islands, a group of three small islands off the entrance to Ulugan Bay, a deep embayment on the west coast north of Puerto Princesa. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. PCG-0522; Admiralty F2167; NGA 14519.
Cagnipa (Cacnipa) Island
Date unknown. Active; focal plane unknown but probably at least 50 m (164 ft); two white flashes every 6 s. Approx. 10 m (33 ft) white fiberglass tower. No photo available but Google has a fuzzy satellite view. Located atop an uninhabited island about 25 km (15 mi) west of San Vicente on the northwestern coast of Palawan. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. PCG-0499; Admiralty F2170; NGA 14515.

Quezon Light, Quezon, August 2023
Google Maps photo by Joseph Emmanuel Magallanes
Lalutaya Island
Date unknown. Active; focal plane unknown but probably at least 50 m (164 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. Approx. 10 m (33 ft) white fiberglass tower. Several coast guard station buildings. No photo available but Google has a distant satellite view of the station. Located atop an uninhabited island about 20 km (13 mi) southwest of the northern tip of Palawan. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. PCG-0599; Admiralty F2169.25; NGA 14516.8.
Cabuli Island
Around 2016. Active; focal plane unknown but probably at least 140 m (460 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. Approx. 18 m (59 ft) round white tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Cabuli Island is a small island, 2.5 km (1.5 mi) long, off the northern tip of Palawan. Located atop the island, which has a maximum elevation of 138 m. Site status unknown. PCG-0735; Admiralty F2169.2.

Cuyo Islands Lighthouses
The Cuyo Islands are a collection of 45 low islands at the northern edge of the Sulu Sea, halfway between northeast Palawan and Panay.

Manamoc Island
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 61 m (200 ft); white flash every 12 s. 12 m (39 ft) slender square concrete tower with an external concrete spiral stairway encircling the tower. Janeth Tabangay has the closeup drone view at right, Jhon Niel Palao has a very distant view (zoom for a better look), and Google has a distant satellite view. Located on heights on the west side of Manamoc, an island of about 2000 residents at the northwestern end of the Cuyo group. Site status unknown. Admiralty F2287; NGA 14504.
* [Agutaya Island]
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 7 m (23 ft); white flash every 5 s. 6 m (20 ft) square concrete pillar. Juvy Torno has a photo and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on the pier on the west side of Agutaya, an island of about 12,500 residents in the east central part of the archipelago. Site open, tower closed. PCG-0251; Admiralty F2286.5; NGA 14506.
* Cuyo Island
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 13 m (42 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 8 m (27 ft) round hourglass-shaped concrete tower, painted white. Ian Yadao has a 2023 closeup photo, 2015 photo and a second photo (1/4 the way down the page) are available, Miko Paalan has a 2023 view down the pier, and Google has a satellite view. Located near the south end of the archipeligo, Cuyo is the largest of the islands and the most populous, with about 24,000 residents. Located on the pier in Cuyo, on the west side of the island. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS PHI-081; Admiralty F2286; NGA 14508.

Manamoc Island Light, Cuyo Islands, November 2019
Google Maps photo by Janeth Tabangay

Cagayancillo Islands Lighthouses
The Cagayancillo Islands are a group of small islands in the central Sulu Sea, about 300 km (185 mi) east of Puerto Princesa.
Manucan Islet
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 21 m (69 ft); white flash every 5 s. Approx. 18 m (59 ft) octagonal white concrete tower with gallery. A panoramic photo is available (4/5 the way down the page) and Bing has a satellite view of the islet. Located on Manucan, an islet at the east end of the Cagayancillo Islands. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. PCG-0345; Admiralty F2338; NGA 14512.
[Apao (Cagayancillo)]
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 12 m (39 ft); two white flashes every 5 s. Probably a light on a post. No description or photo available and the form of the light is unclear in Google's distant satellite view. Located at the end of the pier at Cagayancillo Island. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty F2339; NGA 14512.1.
Arena Island (Isla Arena)
Date unknown. Inactive. Approx. 18 m (59 ft) octagonal white concrete tower with gallery. Several Facebook photos are available, a panoramic photo (1/3 the way down the page) is available, and Google has a satellite view. Clearly endangered. Located on an atoll about 10 km (6 mi) southwest of Cavili, at the southwestern end of the Cagayancillo Islands. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed.

Tubbataha Reefs Lighthouse
* Tubbataha Reefs (3)
2019 (station established 1915). Active; focal plane about 20 m (66 ft) white flash every 5 s. Approx. 20 m (66 ft) multistage gray concrete tower with lantern and gallery. The photo at right was posted by IALA, the international lighthouse aids orgnization, when the lighthouse was nominated for the IALA's annual heritage award. Bing has only a fuzzy satellite view of the reef. The original light was on a 15 m (49 ft) wood skeletal tower. The second lighthouse, built in 1980, was a concrete tower with gallery rising from the center of an octagonal concrete keeper's house. A 2014 photo of the 1980 lighthouse and a small closeup photo are available, Paul Stretton has a 2008 photo, and the lighthouse also appeared on a postage stamp. In January 2019 the Coast Guard awarded a contract to build a new lighthouse on the reef with improved measures to fight sea level rise. The Tubbataha Reefs are two atolls in the center of the Sulu Sea. The uninhabited islands, preserved as the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park, are recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and are one of the best known scuba diving locations in the Philippines. The lighthouse is on South Tubbataha. Site presumably open, tower closed. ARLHS PHI-063; PCG-0346; Admiralty F2340; NGA 14528.

Tubbataha Reefs Light, Sulu Sea, 2019
Philippines Coast Guard photo posted by IALA

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Posted July 24, 2005. Checked and revised January 14, 2024. Lighthouses: 35. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.