List of lighthouses in Jamaica

This is a list of lighthouses in Jamaica. There are nine onshore lighthouses in operation and two offshore.^[1] They are maintained by the Port Authority of Jamaica, an agency of the Ministry of Transport and Works.^[1]

Cornwall

• Lover’s Leap Lighthouse, Southfield * 17°52′08.7″N 77°39′38.0″W / 17.869083°N 77.660556°W / 17.869083; -77.660556 (Lover’s Leap Lighthouse)
• Negril Lighthouse, Negril * 18°14′55.0″N 78°21′38.2″W / 18.248611°N 78.360611°W / 18.248611; -78.360611 (Negril Lighthouse)
• Rose Hall Lighthouse, St James * 18°31′24.6″N 77°48′47.5″W / 18.523500°N 77.813194°W / 18.523500; -77.813194 (Rose Hall Lighthouse)

Middlesex

• Galina Lighthouse, Galina * 18°24′36.13″N 76°53′33.32″W / 18.4100361°N 76.8925889°W / 18.4100361; -76.8925889 (Galina Lighthouse)
• Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse, St Catherine Parish * 18°14′54.35″N 77°21′37.84″W / 18.2484306°N 77.3605111°W / 18.2484306; -77.3605111 (Lazaretto Cairn Lighthouse)
• Portland Lighthouse, Portland Point * 17°44′32.43″N 77°9′27.38″W / 17.7423417°N 77.1576056°W / 17.7423417; -77.1576056 (Portland Lighthouse)

Surrey

• Folly Lighthouse, Port Antonio * 18°11′19.9″N 76°26′35.17″W / 18.188861°N 76.4431028°W / 18.188861; -76.4431028 (Folly Lighthouse)
• Morant Point Lighthouse, Morant Point * 17°55′6.43″N 76°11′3.47″W / 17.9184528°N 76.1842972°W / 17.9184528; -76.1842972 (Morant Point Lighthouse)
• Plumb Point Lighthouse, Palisadoes * 17°55′43.2″N 76°46′41.58″W / 17.928667°N 76.7782167°W / 17.928667; -76.7782167 (Plumb Point Lighthouse)

Offshore

• Morant Cays Lighthouse, Morant Cays * 17°55′6.43″N 76°11′3.47″W / 17.9184528°N 76.1842972°W / 17.9184528; -76.1842972 (Morant Cays Lighthouse)
• Pedro Cays Lighthouse, Pedro Bank * 17°3′0.2″N 77°46′0.82″W / 17.050056°N 77.7668944°W / 17.050056; -77.7668944 (Pedro Cays Lighthouse)

See also

• Transport in Jamaica
• Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lighthouses in Jamaica.

• The lighthouses of Jamaica, Frans Eijgenraam, 2000.
• Lighthouses, Jamaica National Heritage Trust, 2005.
• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Jamaica". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
• NGA List of Lights – Pub.110 Retrieved 29 December 2016

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