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Jeddah Light

Jeddah Light is an observation tower, port control tower and active lighthouse in , . With a height of 431 ft, it "has a credible claim to be the world's tallest light tower".
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Saudi Arabia
  • Also known as: “Jeddah Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jiddah Islamic Seaport.

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Photo: Mateusz War., CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jeddah Islamic Port is a Saudi Arabian port, located in on the Red Sea, at the middle of an international shipping route between the east and west via the . is situated 1½ km east of Jeddah Light.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jeddah.

Photo: Ammar shaker, Public domain.
is on the Red Sea in western . It is the kingdom's second largest city, with a population of approximately 3,400,000, and a major commercial center in the country.

Jeddah Light

Latitude
21.46861° or 21° 28′ 7″ north
Longitude
39.14971° or 39° 8′ 59″ east
Inception
1990
Open location code
7GHXF49X+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 265419490
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
9612776
Wiki­data ID
Q1151131
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Satellite Map

Discover Jeddah Light from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Jeddah Light” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منارة جدة”
  • Bengali: “জেদ্দা বাতিঘর”
  • Bengali: “জেদ্দা লাইট”
  • Bengali: “জেদ্দা লাইটহাউস”
  • Chinese: “吉達燈塔”
  • French: “phare de Djeddah”
  • French: “Phare de Djeddah”
  • German: “Leuchtturm Dschidda”
  • Hebrew: “מגדלור ג’דה”
  • Italian: “Faro di Gedda”
  • Japanese: “ジッダ灯台”
  • Latvian: “Džidas bāka”
  • Malay: “Jeddah Light”
  • Polish: “Latarnia morska w Dżuddzie”
  • Portuguese: “Farol de Gidá”
  • Portuguese: “Farol de Jidá”
  • Russian: “Маяк Джидды”
  • Scots: “Jeddah Licht”
  • Slovak: “Džiddaský maják”
  • Spanish: “Faro de Yeda”
  • Swedish: “Jeddah fyr”
  • Swedish: “Jidda fyr”
  • Tamil: “மனாரா ஜித்தா”
  • Urdu: “جدہ مینارہ نور”
  • Western Panjabi: “جدہ لائٹ ہاؤس”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Jeddah Eslamic Seaport and Al Hindawiyah.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jeddah Light”. Photo: Mardetanha, CC BY-SA 3.0.