This is a list of lighthouses in Bulgaria, which are all located on the Black Sea coast.[1]
Lighthouses edit
| Name | Image | Province | Location coordinates |
Year built | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shabla Lighthouse | .jpg)
|
Dobrich Province | Shabla |
1856 | The station was established in 1786 by the Ottoman Empire. Built in 1856, the current tower is Bulgaria's oldest and tallest lighthouse.[1] |
| Kaliakra Lighthouse | 
|
Dobrich Province | Kaliakra |
1901 | A 10 metres (33 ft) tower made of stone that rises from the keeper's house.[1] |
| Cape Galata Lighthouse | 
|
Varna Province | 43°10′12″N 27°56′42″E / 43.1701313°N 27.9448912°E | 1987 | During World War I, the lighthouse built in 1913 was shelled and damaged by the Russian battleship Imperatritsa Mariya. Afterwards it was repaired. It was replaced by a modern light in 1987.[1] |
| Cape Emine Lighthouse | 
|
Burgas Province | Cape Emine, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) south of Obzor |
1880[1] | |
| St. Anastasia Island Lighthouse | 
|
Burgas Province | St. Anastasia Island | 1914[1] | |
| Ahtopol Lighthouse | 
|
Burgas Province | Ahtopol | Unknown[1] |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g Rowlett, Russ (10 October 2013). "Lighthouses of Bulgaria". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
External links edit
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- Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
