Marshaq Lighthouse
Marshaq Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Crater District, Aden Governorate. Marshaq Lighthouse is situated nearby to the suburb Crater, as well as near the reservoir Cisterns of Tawila.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Yemen
- Also known as: “Marshag Lighthouse”, “Marshag Lighthouse, Marshaq Lighthouse, Marshag Lighthouse, Marshaq Lighthouse”, and “Ra’s Marshaq Lighthouse”
- Historically known as: “Aden Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sira Castle and Cisterns of Tawila.
Sira Castle
Castle
Photo: Amspost, Public domain.
Sira Fortress/Castle is a military site in Aden, Yemen. The original fortress dates to the 11th century, and is still in use today by the Yemeni military. Sira Castle is situated 2 km north of Marshaq Lighthouse.
Cisterns of Tawila
Reservoir
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cisterns of Tawila, or the Tawila Tanks, is a historic site in Aden, Yemen designed to collect and store the rain that flows down from the Shamsan massif through Wadi Tawila, and to protect the city from periodic flooding. Cisterns of Tawila is situated 3 km northwest of Marshaq Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crater and Aden.
Crater
Suburb
Photo: Haimasoph, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crater, also Kraytar, is a district of the Aden Governorate, Yemen. Its official name is Seera. It is situated in a crater of an ancient volcano which forms the Shamsan Mountains. As of 2003, the district had a population of 76,723 people.
Aden
Photo: T3n60, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aden is a city in the Yemeni Coastal Plains, on the Gulf of Aden at the southern end of the Red Sea. It is a very picturesque city with a mix of traditional Arabic and British influences.
Marshaq Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Crater District, Aden Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
12.76334° or 12° 45′ 48″ northLongitude
45.05403° or 45° 3′ 15″ eastElevation
31 metres (102 feet)Open location code
7H47Q373+8JOpenStreetMap ID
node 1295699633OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Marshaq Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منارة مرشق”
- French: “Marshag Lighthouse”
- German: “Marshag Lighthouse”
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