Sukhum Lighthouse

The Sukhumi Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. The lighthouse was brought from Paris in 1861.

Photo: Игорь С, CC BY 3.0.

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.

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

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.

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
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Latitude

42.98139° or 42° 58′ 53″ north

Longitude

40.9718° or 40° 58′ 19″ east

Height

37 metres (121 feet)

Open location code

8HJ2XXJC+HP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 255961349

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

Wikidata 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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