The Chinese province of Zhèjiāng (formerly spelled Chekiang) occupies the central coast of the country, south of Shànghǎi and north of the Formosa Strait. The province faces east on the East China Sea. For the most part the coastline is hilly and irregular, with more than 3000 islands of all sizes offshore. This page includes lighthouses of Xiàngshān (Hsiang Shan) Bay and the hammerhead-shaped end of the Xiàngshān Peninsula. This area lies 30 to 100 km (20-60 miles) south of the city of Níngbō. The entire area covered by this page is included within the Níngbō subprovince. Oriented northeast to southwest, Xiàngshān Bay is roughly 80 km (50 mi) long but only 5-10 km (3-6 mi) wide over most of its length. During the colonial period Westerners called the bay "Nimrod Sound." Lighthouses in China are maintained by the PRC Maritime Safety Administration. The administration is organized in four regional administrations, with offices in the major ports. All the lights on this page are maintained by the Zhènhǎi MSA office. The pinyin system for transliterating Chinese into Latin characters is now the international standard, but some locations continue to be known also under the spellings of older transliteration systems. The Chinese word for a lighthouse is dēngtǎ (灯塔). In pinyin jiāo (formerly chiao) is a reef or rock, jiǎo is a cape or headland, dǎo (tao) is an island; yǔ (tsu) is a small island, wān is a bay and gǎng (kang) is a harbor. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. CN numbers are Chinese light list numbers. Admiralty numbers are from volume P of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.
|
|
Xiàngshān Bay Lighthouses
Xiàngshān County Lighthouses
|
![]() Maojiao Light, Xiàngshān Bay PRC Maritime Safety Administration photo |
|
![]() Xiéxuàntóu Light PRC Maritime Safety Administration Zhènhǎi Office photo |
|
![]() Xiǎodōngyǔ Light PRC Maritime Safety Administration photo |
|
![]() Dàcándǎo Light PRC Maritime Safety Administration photo |
|
![]() Shípǔgǎng East Entrance Light, Shípǔ, September 2008 Panoramio photo copyright chinarenmin; permission requested |
|
![]() Guǐjiāoshān Light, Nántiándǎo PRC MSA Shànghǎi Region photo |
Information available on lost lighthouses:
Notable faux lighthouses:
Adjoining pages: North: Jiaxing and Níngbō | South: Central Zhèjiāng
Return to the Lighthouse Directory index | Ratings key
Posted May 12, 2008. Checked and revised July 12, 2018. Lighthouses: 49. Site copyright 2018 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.