Showing posts with the label Lighthouse

The Vanishing of Flannan’s Lighthouse Keepers

Jun 27, 2022

During the cold December days of 1900, three men disappeared off a remote island in the Outer Hebrides. They left no trace or trail, save fo...

The Leaning Kiipsaare Lighthouse

May 30, 2022

In the sea, off the coast of Saaremaa, Estonia, stands a slender lighthouse leaning dramatically towards the sea. When it was built in 1933 ...

The Lighthouse at The End of The World

Sep 14, 2021

The San Juan de Salvamento lighthouse is located at the very end of the island of states, in Patagonia of Argentina, in the province of Tier...

London’s Only Lighthouse

Feb 10, 2020

On the north bank of River Thames, just across the iconic O2 arena (formerly known as the Millennium Dome), stands London’s only lighthouse....

Stannard Rock Light: The Loneliest Place in The World

Jan 22, 2020

The life of a light housekeeper is always lonely, but for sixty years those who served the Stannard Rock Light in Lake Superior, it was extr...

Alexander Mitchell: The Blind Engineer Who Gave Sight to Seafarers

May 1, 2019

Sandbanks are a hazard to marine traffic . Often found near coastlines, near the mouth of a river and around ports, these shallow, submerged...

The World’s Most Inland Lighthouse

Mar 13, 2019

Of all the lighthouses in the world, none was built further from the body of water it lit than the one on top of Bidston Hill, on the Irish ...

The Lighthouse That Wrecked More Ships Than it Saved

Oct 17, 2018

For more than forty years a lighthouse stood on a large anvil-shaped peninsula jutting into the Tasman Sea near Jervis Bay, in southern Aust...

The Wave Swept Lighthouses of Brittany, France

Nov 14, 2014

The province of Brittany, in North-western part of France, forms a large peninsula that stretches towards the Atlantic Ocean bordered by the...

Tourlitis Lighthouse, Greece

Nov 3, 2014

The charming little Tourlitis Lighthouse is perched on the islet of Tourlitis, a chunk of rock opposite the harbor at Chora, on Andros islan...

Amelia Earhart’s Lighthouse on Howland Island

Sep 23, 2014

Howland Island is an uninhabited coral island located just north of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, about 3,100 km southwest of Ho...

The Lighthouse of Strombolicchio

Sep 12, 2014

Strombolicchio (or tiny Stromboli) is a sea stack of volcanic origin located about 2 km to the northeast of the island of Stromboli in the T...

Amedee Lighthouse

Jul 8, 2014

The Amédée lighthouse is an iron lighthouse located on Amédée Island, 24 km away from Nouméa, New Caledonia. At 56 meters tall, it is one of...

Tower of Hercules: A 2nd Century Lighthouse Still in Use

Jun 23, 2014

The Tower of Hercules, originally known as the "Farum Brigantium", is an ancient Roman lighthouse located on a peninsula about 2.4...

Bishop Rock: The Smallest Island in the World

Jul 19, 2013

Bishop Rock is a small rocky ledge jutting out of the sea, 4 miles west of the Isles of Scilly in Cornwall. The rock rises from a depth of 4...

Frozen Lighthouses of Lake Michigan

Jun 1, 2013

Environmental and landscape photographer Tom Gill has been documenting the natural and man made wonders of the southeastern portion of Lake...

Nugget Point Lighthouse, New Zealand

Nov 21, 2012

Nugget Point is one of the most iconic landforms on the Otago coast, in the South Island of New Zealand. Located at the northern end of the ...

Rubjerg Knude: The Lighthouse Buried in Sand

Apr 27, 2012

Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse is an abandoned lighthouse located on the coast of the North Sea in Rubjerg, in northern Denmark. The light in Rubj...

Roter Sand Lighthouse Turned Hotel in Germany

May 2, 2011

Described by some as the “loneliest hotel in Germany,” the Roter Sand lighthouse, some 30 miles off the coast of Bremerhaven, Lower Saxony, ...