Sukhum Lighthouse
The Sukhumi Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. The lighthouse was brought from Paris in 1861.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Georgia
- Also known as: “Sokhumi Lighthouse” and “Sukhumi Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sukhum.
Sukhum
Railway station
Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sukhumi is a railway station in the capital of Abkhazia — Sukhumi. Sukhum is situated 3½ km northeast of Sukhum Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sukhumi and Lbaashtkhwa.
Sukhumi
Sukhum is the capital and principal city of Abkhazia. It has for the better part of the last century been famous throughout the former Soviet Union as a prominent subtropical beach resort, complete with palm trees, botanical gardens, and citrus plantations, backed by the high alpine peaks of the Greater Caucasus Mountains.
Lbaashtkhwa
Village
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Lbaashtkhwa is a village, which is situated 6 km northeast of Sukhum Lighthouse.
Eshera
Village
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Eshera is a village in the Sukhumi District in Abkhazia, Georgia. It is a climatic-balneotherapeutic resort on the Black Sea coast, at the right side of Gumista river. Eshera is situated 7 km northwest of Sukhum Lighthouse.
Sukhum Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Abkhazia, Georgia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.98139° or 42° 58′ 53″ northLongitude
40.9718° or 40° 58′ 19″ eastHeight
37 metres (121 feet)Open location code
8HJ2XXJC+HPOpenStreetMap ID
way 255961349OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q4447457
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Russian—“Sukhum Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սուխումի փարոս”
- Bashkir: “Сухум маяғы”
- French: “phare de Sukhum”
- French: “Phare de Sukhum”
- German: “Leuchtturm Suchum”
- Russian: “Сухумский маяк”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Церковь Адвентистов седьмого дня and Эвкалипты.
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