Ghana
Central Region
Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly

Cape Coast Light

Fort William Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Dawson's Hill in the old town of , 's Central Region. Despite the alternate name, it is not part of the , lying approximately 600 metres away from the castle.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: lighthouse in Ghana
  • Also known as: “Cape Coast Castle Light”, “Fort William Lighthouse”, and “Fuerte William”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cape Coast Castle and Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly.

Photo: Rjruiziii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of about forty "slave castles", or large commercial forts, built on the Gold Coast of by European traders. is located in the Central Region of Ghana. is situated 600 metres southeast of Cape Coast Light.

Government office
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is one of the twenty-two districts in Central Region, . Originally created as a municipal district assembly in 1988 when it was known as Cape Coast Municipal District, which was created from the Cape Coast Municipal Council; until it was later elevated to metropolitan district assembly status on 29 February 2008 to become Cape Coast Metropolitan District. is situated 580 metres northwest of Cape Coast Light.

School
Photo: Jwale2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an all-boys boarding secondary school in , , established by the Methodist Church in 1876 to foster intellectual, moral, and spiritual growth in the then Gold Coast. is situated 1¼ km northwest of Cape Coast Light.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape Coast and Moree.

Photo: Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0.
is a city in the region of . It's a 2 hour 15 minutes drive from the capital city, Accra.

Village
is a town with small seaside resort in , a district in the Central Region of south . was founded by giants Asebu Amanfi and his brother Farnyi Kwegya, and prolific hunter called Adzekese. is situated 5 km northeast of Cape Coast Light.

Village
is a small town near in the of It lies along the main international road that connects Kumasi-Cape Coast or and Accra-Cape Coast or. is situated 8 km northeast of Cape Coast Light.

Cape Coast Light

Latitude
5.10799° or 5° 6′ 29″ north
Longitude
-1.24427° or 1° 14′ 39″ west
Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)
Open location code
6CQW4Q54+57
Open­Street­Map ID
way 538515296
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
13118647
Wiki­data ID
Q55611926
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Cape Coast Light” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منارة فورت ويليام”
  • Dagbani: “Fort William Lighthouse”
  • Hausa: “Hasumiyar Fort William”
  • Hausa: “Hasumiyar Sansanin William”
  • Swahili: “Cape Coast Castle Light”
  • Swahili: “Mnara wa taa wa Ngome ya William”
  • Swedish: “Fort Williams fyr”
  • Turkish: “William Kalesi Deniz Feneri”

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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 “Cape Coast Light”. Photo: Owula kpakpo, CC BY-SA 4.0.