North Africa
Egypt
Red Sea

Brothers Islands Lighthouse

Brothers Islands Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse located on The Brothers, Egypt, an island in the Red Sea, 65 km east of al-Qusayr. Built by the British in 1883 and renovated in 1993, the lighthouse is operated by the Egyptian Navy.
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Al Ikhwan Lighthouse” and “Al Ikhwān Lighthouse”
  • Address: جزر الإخوة

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El Ikhwa Islands.

Locality
, commonly known as Brothers Islands, are two small Red Sea islands in the of .

Brothers Islands Lighthouse

Latitude
26.31328° or 26° 18′ 48″ north
Longitude
34.8456° or 34° 50′ 44″ east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
7GRP8R7W+86
Open­Street­Map ID
way 500640541
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
9612790
Wiki­data ID
Q22935685
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Brothers Islands Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فنار جزر الإخوة”
  • Arabic: “منارة جزر الإخوة”
  • French: “Phare des Îles Brothers”
  • Swahili: “Mnara wa taa wa kisiwa cha Brothers”
  • Swedish: “Al Ikhwān fyr”

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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 “Brothers Islands Lighthouse”. Photo: jon hanson, CC BY-SA 2.0.