The Chinese province of Fújiàn (formerly spelled Fukien or Fuchien) is located on the southeastern coast of the country, facing Taiwan across the Taiwan (Formosa) Strait. The coastline is rugged and irregular, with many islands and reefs threatening unwary navigators. This page covers the prefectural-level city of Pútián on the central coast of the province. The Wūqiū (Wuchiu) Islands off the coast of Pútián have been under the administration of the Republic of China government on Taiwan since 1949. The lighthouse of Wūqiū is described on the Matsu and Kinmen page. Lighthouses in China are maintained by the PRC Maritime Safety Administration. The administration is organized in four regional administrations, with district offices in the major ports. All the lights on this page are maintained by the Xiamen MSA office, which is part of the Shànghǎi Region. 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 the serial numbers used by the Shànghǎi regional office of MSA. Admiralty numbers are from volume P of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.
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![]() Dàdèngyǔ Light, Pútián PRC MSA Shànghǎi Region photo |
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![]() Huìyǔ Light, Pútián PRC MSA Shànghǎi Region photo |
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Adjoining pages: North: Píngtán Area | East: Matsu and Kinmen | South: Quánzhōu
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Posted July 28, 2008. Checked and revised August 22, 2018. Lighthouses: 32. Site copyright 2018 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.