The Chokotka Autonomous Okrug (autonomous district) is the unit of the Russian Federation that occupies the easternmost extension of Siberia, reaching toward Alaska. It is a peninsula, with coastlines facing north on the East Siberian Sea and Chukchi Sea and south on the Bering Sea. This page has lighthouses of the Bering Strait and Bering Sea; there is a separate page for lighthouses of the Arctic coast. Although Russian explorers reached this remote area in the 17th century and mapped it in the 18th century, full control by the Russian Empire did not occur before late in the 19th century. The capital of Chukotka, Anadyr, is the easternmost municipality in Russia; it has a population of about 10,000 and the total population of the district is only about 50,000. The Bering Strait coast of Russia is a closed military zone, open to foreign visitors only in organized groups. Adventure cruise ships and ecotours sometimes visit specific locations on the coast, but unauthorized vessels are subject to arrest. As a result, no photos are available for many of the lighthouses. If you have or can locate additional photos, please let me know. Special thanks to Michel Forand for his careful research on lighthouses of the Russian Arctic. Russian lighthouses are owned and operated by the Russian Navy, although some of them have civilian keepers. The Russian word for a lighthouse is mayak (маяк); mys is a cape, ostrov is an island, and buhkta or zaliv is a bay. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume M of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals, and U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.
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![]() Cape Dezhneva Light, Bering Strait, August 2001 Panoramio photo copyright Fazotron; permission requested |
Chukotsky District (Bering Strait) Lighthouses
Providensky District Lighthouses
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![]() Yanrakynnot Light, May 2016 Panoramio photo copyright Maksim Antipin; used by permission |
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![]() Likhachyov Range Front Light, July 2007 Panoramio photo copyright Dave Wiltzius; used by permission |
Iultinsky District Lighthouses
Anadyrsky District Lighthouses
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![]() Ostrov Alyumka Light, Anadyr, August 2011 Panoramio photo copyright Harry Shave; used by permission |
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![]() Mys Navarin Light, Anadyr, summer 2015 LiveJournal photo copyright Evgeny Basov; permission requested |
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Adjoining pages: North: Northern Chukotka | East: Alaska | South: Kamchatka and Magadan
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Posted May 19, 2006. Checked and revised April 3, 2017. Lighthouses: 50. Site copyright 2017 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.