| This page includes lighthouses of the Mexican states of Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo, all located on the Yucatán Peninsula. Campeche and Yucatán face the Gulf of Mexico, while most of Quintana Roo faces east on the Caribbean Sea. Campeche city and Progreso are the major ports. Quintana Roo is known for the beach resorts of the Mexican Caribbean, including Cancún and the island of Cozumel. Some of Mexico's most impressive and historic lighthouses are located on this coast. While the U.S. Coast Guard is rapidly pulling out of the lighthouse business, in Mexico lighthouses still play an important role in coastal navigation, and new towers are still being built from time to time. More information and photos are needed for many of lighthouses on this page. If you can add to our online knowledge, please let me know. Mexican lighthouses are managed by the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes, the cabinet agency that also manages the country's airports and seaports. Many of the larger light stations are staffed by resident civilian keepers. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume J of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. Light List numbers are from NGA Publication 110 for Caribbean lights and Publication 111 for Pacific lights.
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Lighthouses of Campeche State
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![]() Faro de Punta Morro; Estado de Campeche photo |
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Lighthouses of Yucatán State
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Lighthouses of Quintana Roo (the Mexican Caribbean)
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![]() Faro de Punta Ealetita, San Miguel de Cozumel, April 2008 Flickr Creative Commons photo by Richard Johnson |
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![]() Faro de Ciudad Chetumal, April 2007 Flickr Creative Commons photo by Gabriel Joaquín Herrera Jimenez |
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Adjoining pages: North: Mexico Gulf Coast | South: Belize
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Posted December 2004. Checked and revised August 9, 2012. Lighthouses: 52. Site copyright 2012 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.