Lighthouses of China: Northern Fujian (Ningde and Fuzhou)

The Chinese province of Fujian (formerly spelled Fukien or Fuchien) is located on the southeastern coast of the country, facing Taiwan across the Formosa (Taiwan) Strait. The coastline is rugged and irregular, with many islands and reefs threatening unwary navigators. The major port in the northern half of the province is Fuzhou, but there are many smaller ports.

The Matsu Islands, which lie in the Formosa Strait off the entrance to Fuzhou, have been under the administration of the Republic of China government on Taiwan since 1949. The two historic lighthouses of Matsu are described on the Matsu and Kinmen page.

Lighthouses in China are maintained by the PRC Maritime Safety Administration. The administration is organized in four regional administrations, with district offices in the major ports. All the lights on this page are maintained by the Fuzhou MSA office, which is part of the Shanghai Region. The Chinese word for a lighthouse is dēngtǎ (灯塔). Jiao or chiao is a cape, dao, tao, yu, or hsu is an island, wan is a bay, and kang or gang is a harbor. Due to competing systems for transliterating Chinese into Latin characters, there are always several possible spellings for the names of places in China.

ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. CN numbers are the serial numbers used by the Shanghai regional office of MSA. 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
Light Query Results
This is part of a long light list for all of China posted by the Shanghai MSA office. As of July 2012, Northern Fujian lights began on page 111 of the list.
East China Sea Navigation Aids
Additional lighthouse data posted by the Shanghai Region office of the MSA.
China AMS Topographic Maps
A fine collection of U.S. Army Map Service maps of China, in English, posted by the University of Texas Library.


Niushan Dao Light, Pingtan County
PRC MSA Shanghai Region photo

Ningde Prefecture Lighthouses

Fuding County Lighthouses
Xitaishan (West Taishan Island) (2)
1992 (station establishment date unknown). Active; focal plane 144 m (472 ft); white flash every 4 s. 24.5 m (80 ft) with lantern, six sweeping buttresses, and a circular observation room under the lantern. Lighthouse covered with white ceramic tile; lantern roof painted red. A photo is available (halfway down the page), the MSA Museum has a photo (2/3 the way down the page), there's a distant view, and Google has a very distant satellite view. The Taishan Islands are located about 30 km (19 mi) off the mainland precisely on the border between Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. Prior to 1950 the islands were part of Zhejiang, but recent maps show that they are now in Fujian. Located at the highest point of Xitaishan (West Taishan). Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. ARLHS PRC-068; CN-2861; Admiralty F3648; NGA 19087.
Fujian Tou (Fujian Head) (2)
1996. Active; focal plane 48 m (157 ft); four white flashes every 12 s. 9.5 m (31 ft) square cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. The stump of the older beacon survives next to the lighthouse. Google has a satellite view. Named for the province, this light marks the northernmost point of the Fujian coastline. Located on a promontory at the south side of the entrance to the Kuanjiang estuary. Site status unknown. Admiralty CN-2835; F3648.13.
Lianhua Yu (2)
2003 (station established 1955). Active; focal plane 16.5 m (54 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 10.5 m (34 ft) round fiberglass tower, colored in red and white horizontal bands. (MSA's page apparently depicts the original lighthouse, a white masonry tower.) 2-story keeper's house with a tile roof. Google has a good satellite view. This interesting and probably historic light station is located on a tiny islet in the center of the Kuanjiang estuary, about 7 km (4.5 mi) northwest of the Fujian Head light. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2838; Admiralty F3648.1.
Huangqi (3)
1995 (station established 1955). Active; focal plane 68 m (223 ft); white flash every 3 s. 14 m (46 ft) hexagonal cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. A photo is at right, Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located at the tip of a promontory about 12 km (7.5 mi) north of Dayushan. Land access to this rugged location may be difficult. Site status unknown. CN-2834; Admiralty F3645.
Riyu
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 65 m (213 ft); white flash every 6 s. 13 m (43 ft) hexagonal cylindrical concrete tower, painted with black and white horizontal bands. No photo available, but Google has a satellite view. Located atop a small island about 8 km (5 mi) south of the Huangqi lighthouse. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. CN-2861.3; Admiralty F3646.8.
Xixingdao
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 48 m (157 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 12 m (39 ft) hexagonal cylindrical concrete tower, painted with black and white horizontal bands. No photo available, but Google has a satellite view. Located atop a small island in the Xingdao group about 13 km (8 mi) east northeast of Yuanyang Island. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. CN-2861.5; Admiralty F3644.5.

Huangqi Light, Fuding
PRC Maritime Safety Administration Shanghai Region photo

Xiapu County Lighthouses
Geshandong
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 37 m (121 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 10 m (33 ft) square pyramidal concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located at the east end of a small island about 5 km (3 mi) northeast of Sansha. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2864; Admiralty F3643.2.
Xiaoyushan (2)
1985 (station established 1955). Active; focal plane 79 m (259 ft); two white flashes every 6 s. 10 m (33 ft) square cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. A photo is at right, and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located at the western tip of the island of Qupidao, about 8 km (5 mi) east of Sansha, marking the northern entrance to the Qupi Pass, a narrow passage around the end of the Sansha peninsula. Site status unknown. CN-2862; Admiralty F3643.1.
Chubimenzhupai (Chubimenzupai) (2)
1991 (station established 1955). Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); white flash every 4 s. 9.5 m (31 ft) square cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. Google has a distant satellite view of the reef. Located on a reef at the southern entrance to the Qupi Pass. Site status unknown. CN-2863; Admiralty F3643.
Jiabei (2)
1998 (station established 1955). Active; focal plane 54 m (177 ft); white flash every 5 s. 12.5 m (41 ft) round concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. Google has a satellite view. Located on a small island off the northeast shoulder of the Zheyang peninsula. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2869; Admiralty F3642.5.

Xiaoyushan Light, Sanshazhen
PRC Maritime Safety Administration Shanghai Region photo
Zhangcaoyu
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 27 m (89 ft); white flash every 4 s. 8 m (26 ft) square concrete tower with gallery. Entire lighthouse is white. No photo available, but Google has a satellite view. Located on a small island off the south coast of Dongandao. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2869.5
Liu'er (2)
1986 (station established 1955). Active; focal plane 28 m (92 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 9.5 m (31 ft) hexagonal concrete tower with gallery, painted white. Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on an isolated rocky pinnacle in the Hsiaoan channel off the southwestern tip of Fuyingdao. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2870; Admiralty F3642; NGA 19090.5.
Kuishandao
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 76.5 m (251 ft); white flash every 4 s. 11.5 m (38 ft) round cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with white tile. No photo available, but Google has a satellite view. Located on a small island at the southeast corner of the Xiyang group. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2870.1; Admiralty F3641.95; NGA 19091.
Wuyu (Isthmus Island) (3)
1996 (station established 1954). Active; focal plane 98 m (322 ft); white flash every 4 s. 9 m (30 ft) square cylindrical concrete tower with double gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. The Shanghai MSA photo is at right, and Google has a very distant satellite view. Located on a small island between Xiyangdao and the Dongchong peninsula. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2871; Admiralty F3641.9.
Situiyu (2)
1984 (station established 1954). Active; focal plane 44 m (144 ft); two white flashes every 6 s. 13 m (43 ft) hexagonal concrete tower, painted white. Google has a satellite view. Located on an islet about 7 km (4.5 mi) west of Xiyangdao. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2872; Admiralty F3641.8.
Wuyu Light
Wuyu Light, Ningde, March 1997
PRC MSA Shanghai Region photo

Fuzhou Prefecture Lighthouses

Lianjiang County Lighthouses
Note: The Matsu Islands are also part of Lianjiang County; since they are administered by Taiwan their lighthouses are on a separate page.
Xiluodao (2)
1989 (station established 1957). Active; focal plane 36 m (118 ft); four white flashes every 12 s. 11 m (36 ft) hexagonal concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. Google has a satellite view. Located on an island about 5 km (3 mi) offshore in the bay north of the Huangqi Peninsula. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. CN-2922; Admiralty F3641.4.
Xiaoniujiao (Calf Reef) (2)
1989 (station established 1954). Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); white flash every 10 s. 14 m (46 ft) octagonal concrete tower with gallery, painted black with one red horizontal band. Google has a satellite view. Located on a reef about 1.5 km (1 mi) north of Kemenjiao, a sharp promontory at the end of the Huangqi Peninsula about 10 km (6 mi) northeast of Huangqi. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2921; Admiralty F3641.3.
Kemenjiao
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 87.5 m (287 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 9 m (30 ft) hexagonal white concrete tower with gallery. No photo available, but Google has a satellite view. Located on the point of Kemenjiao, the northeastern tip of the Huangqi Peninsula, marking the entrance to Luoyuan Bay. Accessible by road. Site status unknown. CN-2923; Admiralty F3641.5.
Yangyu (Jianyu) (3)
1994 (station established 1954). Active; focal plane 101 m (331 ft); two white flashes every 6 s. 10 m (33 ft) square concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located atop a small island about 3 km (2 mi) east of Kemenjiao. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2920; Admiralty F3641.2; NGA 19091.5.
Heiyan
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 46 m (151 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 13.5 m (44 ft) hexagona lconcrete tower with gallery, painted with red and white horizontal bands. A very distant view is available, and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on an isolated skerry about 10 km (6 mi) east of Yangyu. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2919.5
Pingniuyu (2)
1988 (station established 1955). Active; focal plane 12 m (39 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 13 m (43 ft) hexagonal pyramidal concrete tower, painted white. MSA's photo is at right, a distant view from the mainland is available, and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located atop a reef about 3 km (2 mi) southeast of Huangqizhen. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2929; Admiralty F3641.
Langnangniu (2)
1998 (station established 1955). Active; focal plane 26 m (85 ft); two white flashes every 6 s. 14 m (46 ft) round cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. Google has a distant satellite view. Located on a small island about 12 km (7.5 mi) southwest of Huangqi. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2931; Admiralty F3640.2.

Pingniuyu Light, Huangqizhen, January 2000
PRC Maritime Safety Administration Shanghai Region photo
Simuyu
1982. Active; focal plane 40.5 m (133 ft); four white flashes every 12 s. 14 m (46 ft) square concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. Google has a satellite view. Located on a small island in the bay about 8 km (5 mi) south of the Huangqi Peninsula. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2933; Admiralty F3640.

Fuzhou Metropolitan Area Lighthouses
Note: Fuzhou has a metropolitan population of roughly three million people. The city straddles the Minjiang estuary about 50 km (30 mi) from the sea. At its mouth, the estuary is divided into northern and southern branches by the large island of Huangqishan.
Qixingjiao (2)
1985 (station establishment date unknown). Active; focal plane 16 m (52 ft); white flash every 6 s. 16 m (52 ft) round concrete tower with gallery, painted white. MSA's photo is at right, but the light is barely visible in Google's satellite view. Located on a reef about 15 km (9 mi) east of the Minjiang estuary entrance. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2939; Admiralty F3634.4; NGA 19128.
Rizhuangjiao (3)
1997 (station established 1957). Active; focal plane 18 m (59 ft); two white flashes every 6 s. 18 m (59 ft) round concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. Google has a satellite view. The original light was destroyed by a typhoon in 1983. Located on a reef about 8 km (5 mi) east of the Minjiang estuary entrance. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2940; Admiralty F3634.8; NGA 19092.
Baiyunshan Range Front
1974. Active; focal plane 47 m (154 ft); white flash every 1.5 s. 22 m (72 ft) concrete structure, painted white with a red vertical stripe. Google has a satellite view. The light is not a traditional tower but a concrete wall set into the side of Baiyun Mountain. This is the entrance range for the Minjiang estuary, which leads to the major port of Fuzhou. Located on a mountain at the eastern end of Houlungshan, a forested ridge on the island of Huangqishan, in the center of the Minjiang delta. Site status unknown. CN-2941; Admiralty F3635; NGA 19096.
Baiyunshan Range Rear
1974. Active; focal plane 91 m (299 ft); white light occulting once every 4 s. 22 m (72 ft) concrete tower, painted white with a red vertical stripe. Google has a satellite view. Located on the Houlungshan ridge about 1290 m (0.8 mi) west of the front light. Site status unknown. CN-2942; Admiralty F3635.1; NGA 19100.
Qixingjiao Light
Qixingjiao Light, Fuzhou, November 1998
PRC Maritime Safety Administration Shanghai Region photo
Fudoushan Westbound Range Rear (4)
2004 (station established 1974). Active; focal plane 63 m (207 ft); white light, 2 s on, 2 s off. 15 m (49 ft) tower. The front of the tower is faced with a wide concrete wall covered with tile colored red with a white vertical stripe. Google has a satellite view. This is the main entrance range for Fuzhou. Located atop a ridge on the north side of the northern branch of the Minjiang estuary. Site status unknown. CN-2952; Admiralty F3635.41; NGA 19116.

Changle (Chang Le) County Lighthouses
Bozhoudao (2)
1988 (station establishment date unknown). Active; focal plane 21 m (69 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 11 m (36 ft) square pyramidal concrete tower with gallery, painted white. An external stairway winds around the lower half of the tower. A view from the mainland is available, and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on a small island just off the mainland coast about 8 km (5 mi) south of the southern end of the Minjiang delta. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2976; Admiralty F3634.2; NGA 19132.5.
Liyu
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 25 m (82 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 11.5 m (38 ft) square cylindrical concrete tower, colored with red and white horizontal bands. Google has a satellite view. Located on a small island about 18 km (11 mi) east of the mainland at Songxiazhen and about 13 km (8 mi) north of Haitandao. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. CN-2982.1; Admiralty F3633.3; NGA 19133.
Shuangpi (2)
1985 (station established 1956). Active; focal plane 30 m (98 ft); two white flashes every 6 s. 12 m (39 ft) square concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. Only the shadow of the tower is seen in Google's satellite view. The Shanghai MSA web site has an older photo and says the lighthouse was "rebuilt" in 2001, but probably it was only modernized and the covered with tile. Located atop a small island about 5 km (3 mi) off the mainland coast and 20 km (12.5 mi) northwest of Haitandao. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2983; Admiralty F3633.9; NGA 19133.2.
Xiluo (Hsi-lo, Songxia Gang) (3)
1998 (station established 1956). Active; focal plane 54 m (177 ft); red flash every 4 s. 12 m (39 ft) round cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. Shanghai MSA's photo is at right, and Google has a satellite view. The 1998 reconstruction may have changed only the top of the tower. This light and the previous one define the ends of a channel between the mainland and the island of Dungluo. Located on a small island at the south end of the channel, just off Songxia harbor. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2984; Admiralty F3633.8; NGA 19133.4.
Songxia Gang Light
Songxia Gang Light, Songxia, November 1998
PRC Maritime Safety Administration Shanghai Region photo

Pingtan County West Side (Haitan Strait) Lighthouses
Note: Pingtan County includes the large island of Haitandao (also called Pingtan Island) and many smaller islands off the Fujian coast. Haitan is about 30 km (19 mi) long north to south and roughly 15 km (9 mi) wide, It is separated from the mainland by the Haitan Strait (Haitanxia), an irregular waterway 6-10 km (4-6 mi) wide.
Guyu (Ku Hsu) (2)
1995 (station established 1954). Active; focal plane 33 m (108 ft); two white flashes every 4 s. 12.5 m (41 ft) square cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. Google has a good satellite view. Located on a small island at the northern end of the Haitan Strait. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2996; Admiralty F3633.4; NGA 19133.6.
Qijiemeijiao (Qijiebamei, Seven Sisters Reef) (2)
1995 (station established 1954). Active; focal plane 11 m (36 ft); four white flashes every 10 s. 15 m (49 ft) hexagonal cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with red ceramic tile. Located on a dangerous reef in the northern Haitan Strait, about 3 km (2 mi) east of the island of Yutoudao. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-2997; Admiralty F3633.38.
Zhongyu (2)
1998 (station established 1958). Active; focal plane 27.5 m (90 ft); red flash every 4 s. 12 m (39 ft) round cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. An MSA photo is at right, and Google has a good satellite view. Located on an island in the narrow channel between the islands of Daliandao and Haitandao. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-3003.
Tayanxijiao (2)
1998 (station establishment date unknown). Active; focal plane 13 m (43 ft); white flash every 3 s. 15 m (49 ft) square cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. Google has only a distant satellite view of the reef. Located on a reef in the middle of the Haitan Strait, about 8 km (5 mi) southwest of Daliandao. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-3005.
Cuiyan (2)
1993 (station establishment date unknown). Active; focal plane 11 m (36 ft); three white flashes every 6 s. 12.5 m (41 ft) square cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with red ceramic tile. Located on a reef in the middle of the Haitan Strait, about 8 km (5 mi) off the west coast of Haitandao. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-3006.
Changlangchuan (2)
1993 (station established 1954). Active; focal plane 12.5 m (41 ft); nine quick white flashes every 10 s. 12.5 m (41 ft) square cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, painted with yellow and black horizontal bands. Located on a reef about 2 km (1.2 mi) off the southwest coast of Haitandao. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-3016.
Haitan Houyu
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 44 m (144 ft); white flash every 5 s. 8.5 m (28 ft) round cylindrical concrete tower, colored with red and white horizontal bands. No photo available, but Google has a satellite view. Located on the west side of an island off the southwest coast of Haitandao. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. CN-3016.5.
Wutaiyu (2)
2001 (station established 1956). Active; focal plane 12 m (39 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 11 m (36 ft) round cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with ceramic tile colored white with red trim.Google has an indistinct satellite view. The original lighthouse was an 8 m (26 ft) pyramidal tower. Located on a reef about 1 km (0.6 mi) southeast of the Changlangchuan lighthouse and west of the Houyu lighthouse. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-3017.
Fenliuwei (2)
2002 (station established 1956). Active; focal plane 25 m (82 ft); white flash every 4 s. 9.5 m (31 ft) round cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with ceramic tile colored with red and white horizontal bands. The light is seen in the background of a photo of a bridge being built to connect Haitandao with the mainland. Google has an indistinct satellite view. The original lighthouse was an 8 m (26 ft) tower. Located on an islet in the center of the Haitan Strait about 3 km (2 mi) south of the Wutaiyu Light. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-3018; Admiralty F3633.28.

Zhongyu Light, November 1998
PRC MSA Shanghai Region photo
Wangjinjiao (3)
1992 (station established 1956). Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); two white flashes every 5 s. 12 m (39 ft) hexagonal cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, painted black with one red horizontal band. Google has a very distant satellite view of the reef. Located on a reef in the southern narrows of the Haitan Strait, about 5 km (3 mi) northeast of Daqiu. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-3019.
Dingjindao (2)
1996 (station established 1956). Active; focal plane 23 m (85 ft); two white flashes every 4 s. 10 m (33 ft) square cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on a small island on the west side of the southern entrance to the Haitan Strait. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-3020; Admiralty F3633.27.
Nanlusi (2)
1998 (station established 1956). Active; focal plane 18 m (59 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 14.5 m (48 ft) round cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tile. The reef is barely visible in Google's satellite view. Located on an islet off the west coast of the island of Tangyu, at the southern entrance to the Haitan Strait. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. CN-3021; Admiralty F3633.1.

Pingtan County East Side (Formosa Strait) Lighthouses
Dongxiang Dao (Tung-hsiang Tao)
1989 (heightened in 1998). Active; focal plane 49 m (161 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 17 m (56 ft) round cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with ceramic tile in black and white horizontal bands. A good photo and a view from the sea are available, and Google has a very distant satellite view of the area. Located on the northeastern tip of Dongxiang Dao, an inhabited island off the east coast of Haitandao. Site status unknown, possibly accessible. CN-2988; Admiralty F3632.5; NGA 19134.
Xiaoshayu
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 30 m (98 ft); white flash every 4 s. 8 m (26 ft) square cylindrical concrete tower, colored with black and white horizontal bands. No photo available, but Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on a small island just off the southeastern tip of Haitandao. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. CN-2989.5.
Niushan Dao (Turnabout Island) (4?)
1987 (station established 1873). Active; focal plane 90 m (295 ft); two white flashes every 12 s. 23.5 m (77 ft) octagonal cylindrical stone tower with lantern and gallery. The tower is covered with ceramic tile, described as white in the light lists, but in the photo at the top of this page the tower is light brown and the gallery white. Lantern dome painted red. Google has a distant satellite view of the station. The original lighthouse was destroyed during World War II. It's not clear if a temporary light was installed after the war; perhaps not, given the tension in the Formosa Strait area. In any case, a lighthouse was constructed or reactivated in December 1982, five years before the current lighthouse was built. Historically, this light station has been an important guide for ships passing through the Formosa Strait, marking the west side of the northern entrance to the strait. Located on an island about 10 km (6 mi) southeast of Haitandao. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. CN-2989; Admiralty F3632; NGA 19136.
* Haitanjiaoxinan
1989. Active; focal plane 36 m (118 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 10.5 m (35 ft) square stone tower with gallery. Lighthouse covered with ceramic tile colored with red and white horizontal bands. MSA's photo is at right, and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located at the southern tip of Haitandao. This location is probably accessible by road. Site may be open, tower closed. Admiralty F3633; CN-2992.
Haitanjiaoxinan Light
Haitanjiaoxinan Light
PRC MSA Shanghai Region photo

Fuqing County (Xinghua Bay Area) Lighthouses
Baifu (2)
1990 (station established 1956). Active; focal plane 36 m (118 ft); two white flashes every 6 s. 9 m (30 ft) round concrete tower, painted white. Google has a satellite view. Located on a small island on the north side of the Xinghua Channel, which leads into Xinghua Bay. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. CN-3031; Admiralty F3633.15.
Xinghua Wanzhongyu (3)
1996 (station established 1954). Active; focal plane 34.5 m (113 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 9.5 m (31 ft) hexagonal cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with white ceramic tiles. An external stairway winds around the tower. Google has a satellite view. This is a sibling of the Pinghai lighthouse (see below). Located on a small island on the south side of the Xinghua Channel. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. CN-3032; Admiralty F3633.16.
Luyunanjiao (Lu Yu South Reef)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); white flash every 6 s. 11 m (36 ft) round cylindrical concrete tower with gallery, covered with ceramic tiles colored in red and white horizontal bands. Google has a satellite view. Located on a rocky reef on the north side of the Xinghua Channel, about 2 km (1.25 mi) northwest of the Xinghua Wanzhongyu light. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. CN-3033; Admiralty F3633.17; NGA 19136.5.

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Notable faux lighthouses:
Luyunanjiao Light
PRC MSA Shanghai Region photo

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Posted July 7, 2008. Checked and revised July 13, 2012. Lighthouses: 52. Site copyright 2012 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.