Lighthouses of Indonesia: Central Maluku (Moluccas)

The Republic of Indonesia has been independent since 1945, after having been the Dutch East Indies for more than 350 years. It is a huge country, stretching along both sides of the Equator for more than 46 degrees of longitude (roughly 5100 km or 3200 miles). Comprised of some 17,000 islands (more than 6000 inhabited islands), it has hundreds of major aids to navigation.

Indonesia is divided into 38 provinces (provinsi) and the provinces are subdivided into county units called regencies (kabupaten). Maluku Province includes the central and southern islands of Maluku (the Moluccas), the islands traditionally known in the West as the "Spice Islands." Broadly speaking, the Moluccas lie east of Sulawesi (Celebes), south of the Philippines, and west of New Guinea. This page includes the lighthouses of the northern part of Maluku Province, including the major islands of Seram and Ambon. The Portuguese established a settlement in the islands at Ambon in 1526. They were replaced in 1609 by the Dutch, who established a second colonial settlement at Ternate. Today Ambon is the capital of Maluku province, and Ternate was until recently the capital of North Maluku province.

This page describes lighthouses of the central part of Maluku Province, including the islands of Seram and Ambon and the Banda Islands in the Banda Sea to the south.

More than 700 languages are spoken in Indonesia. The official national language, Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), was standardized from a form of Malay that served as a lingua franca across the archipelago. In Indonesian a lighthouse is a mercusuar or a menara suar. Tanjung is a cape, ujung is a headland or point of land, bukit is a hill, sungai is a river, kuala or muara is an estuary or river mouth, pulau is an island, karang is a reef, batu is a rock, laut is a sea, selat is a strait, teluk is a bay, pelabuhan is a harbor, and labuhan is a port. It's also worth knowing that the word for an island is nusa in Balinese and gili in the Sasak language spoken on Lombok and in western Sumbawa.

Aids to navigation in Indonesia are operated and maintained by the Directorate of Marine Navigation within the Directorate General of Sea Transportation

ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume Q of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.

General Sources
Online List of Lights - Indonesia
Photos by various photographers posted by Alexander Trabas.
World of Lighthouses - Indonesia
Photos by various photographers available from Lightphotos.net.
Navionics Charts
Navigation chart for Maluku.
Amahai Light
Amahai Light, Amahai, Central Maluku, February 2013
ex-Panoramio photo copyright Richard Monny; used by permission

Seram Lighthouses

Seram (formerly spelled Ceram) is the largest island of Maluku Province, about 360 km (225 mi) long and 50 km (30 mi) wide. Lying east to west, it separates the narrow Seram Sea to the north from the broad Banda Sea to the south. The population of the island is about 450,000

West Seram Regency Lighthouses
Kairatu (Dermaga Feri Waipirit)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 18 m (59 ft); green light, pattern unknown. 18 m (59 ft) square green skeletal tower on a platform supported by piles. Wildan Syarif has a view from the beach, Albertus Eirumkuy also has a view from shore, and Bing has a distant satellite view. Waipirit is the terminal for ferries to Liang on the island of Ambon. Located about 300 m (0.2 mi) off the ferry pier at Waipirit. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1612.7.
Pulau Kasa (Teluk Piru)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); white flash every 5 s. Approx. 12 m (39 ft) square white skeletal tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on the southern tip of Pulau Kasa, an island off the east side of the entrance to Latira Bay, a deep inlet of Piru Bay at the west end of Seram. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1613; NGA 25806.
* Hatu Piru Bandar
2017. Active; focal plane 23 m (75 ft); white flash every 3 s. 20 m (66 ft) skeletal tower, painted white. Stevy Yotlely has a view from the end of the pier (also seen at right), Melky Salamena has a distant 2021 view, and Google has a street view and a satellite view. Located at the foot of the pier of a new deepwater port for Piru, a port at the northern end of Latira Bay. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1612.75.

Hatu Piru Bandar Light, West Seram, December 2017
Google Maps photo by Stevy Yotlely
Pulau Suanggi (Sunggi) (2)
Date unknown (station established 1904). Active; focal plane 94 m (308 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 21 m (69 ft) iron skeletal tower, painted white. In Najib Abdurahman's drone view of the island the light is barely visible atop the highest peak. Ahmad Syharil Talapuka has a fuzzy view from the sea and Google has a satellite view. This light guides vessels through a narrow strait between the islands of Buru and Seram (Ceram). Jim Smith has a very distant photo, taken in 2012, showing two towers. Note that there is another Pulau Suanggi Light in the Banda Sea Islands (see below). Located on Pulau Suanggi, a small island off the western tip of Pulau Manipa, about 80 km (50 mi) northwest of Ambon, the capital of Maluku province. Site status unknown. ARLHS IDO-249; Admiralty Q1600; NGA 25752.
* Pelabuhan Manipa
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 20 m (66 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 18 m (59 ft) square white skeletal tower. Dodik Poenya has a 2021 photo and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located at the ferry terminal on the south side of Pulau Manipa. Site open, tower closed. Not listed by the Admiralty.
Pulau Niene
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 60 m (197 ft); two white flashes every 15 s. Approx. 40 m (131 ft) square white skeletal tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on a small island on the north side of Pulau Boano, off the northwestern tip of Seram (Ceram). Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1600.5; NGA 25754.
* Pelabuhan Buano (Boano)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 15 m (49 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 13 m (43 ft) square white skeletal tower. Reky Titalouw's 2021 photo shows the base of the tower and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located at the ferry terminal on the south side of Pulau Boano. Site open, tower closed. Not listed by the Admiralty.

Pelabuhan Manipa Light, West Seram, November 2021
Google Maps photo by Dodik Poenya

Central Maluku Regency: North Coast Lighthouses
Teluk Hatiling Northwest
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); green flash every 4 s. 14 m (46 ft) square green skeletal tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Bing has a fuzzy satellite view. Located at the tip of the reef on the west side of the entrance to Hatiling Bay. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1605; NGA 25796.
Teluk Hatiling
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); red flash every 3 s. 14 m (46 ft) square red skeletal tower mounted on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on a shoal in the middle of the bay about 800 m (1/2 mi) north of the ferry terminal. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1605.5; NGA 25794.
* Pelabuhan Penyeberangan Wahai
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 23 m (75 ft); white flash every 3 s. 20 m (66 ft) skeletal tower, painted white. The base of the tower is seen in Lecco Maba's closeup photo and Google has a satellite view. Located at the ferry terminal of Wahai. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1605.6.
Teluk Hatiling Northeast
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); red flash every 10 s. 14 m (46 ft) square red skeletal tower on a platform supported by piles. No photo available but Bing has a fuzzy satellite view. Located at the tip of the reef on the east side of the entrance to Hatiling Bay. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1605.1.
* Kobisadar (Kobi Sadar) Bandar
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 23 m (75 ft); white light, flash every 3 s (?). Approx. 20 m (66 ft) skeletal tower, painted white. Giliat Tapatab's photo is at right, Bisma Salimudin has a closeup, and Google has a satellite view. Located at the passenger terminal at Kobisadar, a small port about 40 km (25 mi) east of Wahai. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1605.68.

Kobisadar Light, Central Seram, May 2018
ex-Google Plus photo by Giliat Tapatab

East Seram Regency Lighthouses
* Sesar Bula
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 22 m (72 ft); white flash every 3 s. 20 m (66 ft) square skeletal tower painted white. The tower is at the right edge of Tember Susena's photo, Ramadhan Metal has a photo, Albani Medis Medis has a distant view from the sea, Frandika Brown has a street view, and Google has a satellite view. Bula, on the northeast coast of Seram, is the capital of East Seram Regency. Located on the quay of a new port northwest of Bula. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1605.9.
Bula
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 13 m (43 ft); four white flashes every 8 s. Approx. 10 m (33 ft) square white skeletal tower. No photo available but Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located at the end of a long pier at Bula's traditional harbor. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1607; NGA 25797.
Tanjung Namatimor
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 22 m (72 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 20 m (66 ft) square white skeletal tower. Achmad Jamal has a view from the pier and Google has a satellite view. Located at a petroleum port on the east side of Bula. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1607.2.
Karang Madorang (Pulau Madorang)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 14 m (46 ft) "white beacon," probably a skeletal tower, mounted on square platform supported by piles. The light is to the right of the island in a distant view by Garopa Bais and Bing has a distant satellite view. Located on the northeast side of a reef about 25 km (15 mi) off the eastern tip of Seram. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1610.7; NGA 25802.
* Pulau Geser (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 24 m (79 ft); white flash every 3 s. 20 m (66 ft) square skeletal tower painted white. Dhany Arie Wibowo's photo is at right, Agunawan Opa has a photo, Jimmy Syahrasyid has a view from the sea, a 2021 photo is available, and Google has a satellite view. NGA lists a 6 m (20 ft) tower at this location. Located on the quay of Pulau Geser, a small island off the southeastern tip of Seram. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1608; NGA 25800.
Pelabuhan Ondor Gorom (Pulau Gorong)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 12 m (39 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 10 m (33 ft) square white skeletal tower. Muhammad Hamsa Kelilauw has a photo, Fujiyanti Kotarumalos has a 2021 photo, and Bing has a satellite view. Located at the foot of the pier of Pulau Gorong, an island about 50 km (30 mi) east of the southeastern tip of Seram. Site and tower closed. Admiralty Q1609.5.
Tanjung Namalen (Pulau Gorong)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 15 m (49 ft); light characteristic unknown. Approx. 15 m (49 ft) skeletal tower mounted on a square platform supported by piles. No photo available but Bing has a satellite view. This light guides vessels around the eastern end of Seram and its associated islands. Located off the northeastern tip of Pulau Gorong. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1610.5; NGA 25798.

Pulau Geser Light, East Seram, October 2019
Google Maps photo by Dhany Arie Wibowo
* Pulau Kasui
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 22 m (72 ft); white light, pattrn unknown. Approx. 20 m (66 ft) square white skeletal tower. Husry Hatakhe has a 2021 photo and distant view and Bing has a cloudy satellite view. Kasui is the largest of the Watubela Islands, a string of smaller islands stretching southeast of Pulau Gorong. Located beside the pier at the port on the east side of the island. Site oen, tower closed. Not listed by the Admiralty.
* Bemu
2017. Active; focal plane 23 m (75 ft); white flash every 3 s. 20 m (66 ft) skeletal tower, painted white. Iswan Pattyiha has a distant view and Google has a satellite view. Located at the passenger terminal in Bemu, a small port facing Taluti Bay on the south coast of Seram. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1610.9.

Central Maluku Regency: South Coast Lighthouses
* Tehoru Bandar
2017. Active; focal plane 23 m (75 ft); white flash every 3 s. 20 m (66 ft) skeletal tower, painted white. Ekson Daliwu has a 2018 photo, Rush Lussy has a photo, the light is at the left in Erwin Harianto's photo, and Google has a satellite view. Located at the passenger terminal in Tehoru, a district town on the west side of Taluti Bay. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1611.06.
Tanjung Kuako
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 17 m (56 ft); white flash every 4 s. 15 m (49 ft) square skeletal tower with gallery, painted white. Muh. Fadhlan Saputro has a view from a popular beach nearby, Richard Monny has a view from the sea, and Google has a satellite view. Located at the end of a narrow peninsula at the eastern entrance to Elpaputih Bay. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1611.8; NGA 25803.

Pulau Kasui Light, Pulau Kasui, June 2021
Google Maps photo by Husry Hatakhe
* Teluk Amahai (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 25 m (82 ft); white flash every 3 s. Approx. 21 m (69 ft) square skeletal tower with gallery, painted white. Richard Monny's photo is at the top of this page, Chrisrianto Pattinaja has a 2021 photo, and Google has a closeup photo and an indistinct satellite view. NGA lists a 9 m (30 ft) tower. Amahai is a seaport sheltered by Tanjung Kuako. Located on the quay at Amahai. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1612; NGA 25803.5.
* Masohi (Dermaga Amahai)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); white flash every 4 s. 15 m (49 ft) square skeletal tower with gallery, painted white. Mike Tuhuteru has a 2018 view from the bay, Yusuf Anuri Jaman has a photo, Wimbo Mahadi has an aerial view, Ade Fadii has a very distant street view, and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on the new quay at Masohi, about 7 km (4 mi) northeast of Amahai. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1612.3.
* Teluk Haria (Pulau Saparua)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 14 m (46 ft); white flash every 5 s. 12 m (39 ft) round barbell-shaped tower. Entire lighthouse is white. Maichel Latupeirissa has the photo at right, Zeth Hattu has a photo and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on the new quay at Haria harbor on the south side of Pulau Saparua, one of the Lease Islands off the southwest coast of Seram, east of Ambon. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1616; NGA 25804.
* Ameth (Pulau Nusalaut)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 12 m (39 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 10 m (33 ft) square white skeletal tower. Bert Schmitz-Holle has a photo, Yunis Taha has a view from the sea, and Google has a satellite view of the terminal. Located at the ferry terminal of Pulau Nusalaut, a small island off the southeastern tip of Pulau Saparua. Site open, tower closed. Not listed by the Admiralty.

Teluk Haria Light, Pulau Saparua, January 2017
Google Maps photo by Giliat Tapatab
* Wainana
Date unknown. Active (?); focal plane about 12 m (39 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 10 m (33 ft) round barbell-shaped tower. In Google's 2021 street view the light is clearly abandoned and the ferry terminal is not in service. However Ahmad Sangadji's 2023 photo shows the terminal active again, so the light may be back in service. Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located at Wainana, a small port near the northwest corner of Pulau Haruku, westernmost of the Lease Islands. Site open, tower closed. Not listed by the Admiralty.

Ambon Lighthouses

Ambon Island lies off the southwest coast of Seram. The mountainous island is 51 km (32 mi) long west to east. Ambon Bay, a deep natural harbor, cuts into the southwest side of the island for about 30 km (19 mi). The peninsula south of the bay is called Leitimur and the main portion of the island to the north is called Leihitu. The city of Ambon, the capital and largest city of Maluku Province, occupies all of the Leitimur peninsula and also the north shore of the bay; the remainder of the island is in Central Maluku Regency. The city's population is about 400,000.

Ambon City Lighthouses
Tanjung Nusanive (Nusaniwe, Noesanive) (2)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 138 m (453 ft); white flash every 5 s. 30 m (98 ft) tapered white skeletal tower with gallery. Several 1-story coast guard station buildings. Yus Hattu has a photo, Wahyudi Warsito has a view through the station gate, another view is available, and Bing has a satellite view of the station. The original lighthouse, a 21 m (69 ft) hexagonal skeletal tower with gallery, is seen in a 1919 photo posted by the Amsterdam Tropenmuseum. Located at the southern tip of Ambon island, about 13 km (8 mi) southwest of Ambon city. Site appears closed but the lighthouse can be seen from the surrounding area. ARLHS IDO-317; Admiralty Q1620; NGA 25772.
Tanjung Wainitu
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 17 m (56 ft); green flash every 5 s. Described only as a "green beacon," this is probably a green fiberglass tower about 15 m (49 ft) tall. No photo available and Google has only an indistinct satellite view. Located on a promontory southeast of downtown Ambon. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1621.4; NGA 25780.
* Ambon
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 25 m (82 ft); white flash every 3 s. 20 m (66 ft) tapered square skeletal tower, painted white. Al Basri Rumodar's 2022 photo is at right, Maer Tindoy has a 2018 photo, there's a view from a ferry at the dock, and Google has a satellite view. Located on the ferry quay in downtown Ambon. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1622; NGA 25782.
* Pelabuhan Perikanan
Removed, perhaps temporarily, in 2021; still listed with focal plane 12 m (39 ft); white flash every 3 s. 10 m (33 ft) square white skeletal tower mounted on a waterfront building. A 2018 closeup is available, the tower is near the right edge of a photo, and Google has a satellite view. An October 2023 photo by Herman Oesman shows that the building on which the tower stood is being rebuilt. Located atop the Ambon Harbor Master's office on the east side of Ambon City. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1622.5; NGA 25783.
Wayame
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 22 m (72 ft); light characteristic unknown. Approx. 20 m (66 ft) square skeletal tower. The light is at the far left in Richard Monny's photo and Google has a satellite view. Located at a Pertamina oil terminal across the bay from Ambon city. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1621.01.
Tanjung Sikula
Date unknown. Active; focal plane approx. 15 m (49 ft); red flash every 10 s. 13 m (43 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower, painted white. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on a point of land on the north side of the bay of Ambon, about 8 km (5 mi) west of the city. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1621; NGA 25776.

Ambon Light, Ambon, December 2022
Google Maps photo by Al Basri Rumodar

Central Maluku Regency: Ambon Island Lighthouses
Pulau Nusatelu (Pulau Ela)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 60 m (197 ft); white flash every 4 s. Approx. 12 m (39 ft) white concrete post with gallery. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. This light marks the entrance to the protected Piru Bay separating Ambon and Seram. Located on an island off the northwestern coast of Ambon island. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1619; NGA 25773.
* Pelabuhan Liang
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 13 m (43 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 12 m (39 ft) round white barbell-shaped tower on a square platform supported by piles. Imam Rusdy has a photo, Irwan Irji has a photo, Shafigh Pahlevi Lontoh has a street view, and Bing has a distant satellite view. Located on the beach at the small ferry port at Liang, a village on the northeastern tip of Pulau Ambon. Site open, tower closed. Not listed by the Admiralty.
* Pelabuhan Waai
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 12 m (39 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 9 m (30 ft) square white skeletal tower. Sudi Yanto has a photo, Bert Schmitz-Holle has a distant view from the sea, and Google has a fuzzy street view and an indistinct satellite view. Located at the ferry terminal at Waai, about 8 km (5 mi) north of Tulehu. Site open, tower closed. Not listed by the Admiralty.
* Pelabuhan Tulehu (Tolehu)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 20 m (66 ft); white flash every 3 s. 20 m (66 ft) square white skeletal tower. A 2019 photo is at right, a 2018 view is available, and Google has a satellite view. Located on the quay at Tulehu, a ferry port at the east end of Ambon Island. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty Q1623.8.

Tulehu Light, Tulehu, SNovember 2019
Google Maps photo by Energetic Duchtman

Banda Islands Lighthouses

Central Maluku Regency: Remote Banda Sea Lighthouses
The Banda Islands are a small group in the Banda Sea about 200 km (125 mi) southeast of Ambon. Until the mid 19th century the islands were world's only source of the spices nutmeg and mace. The islands are administered as a district of the Central Maluku Regency.

Tanjung Bati (Lautaka) (2?)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 40 m (131 ft); red flash every 10 s. Approx. 20 m (66 ft) square skeletal tower. Efilina Kissiya has a photo, a closeup and a view from the sea are available, and Bing has a satellite view. NGA lists a much smaller and lower tower. Located on a promontory on the east side of the entrance to the sheltered bay of Banda Naira. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1626.5; NGA 25816.
Pulau Kraka
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 11 m (36 ft); green flash every 5 s. 11 m (36 ft) round barbell-shaped green tower centered on a robust square stone pier. Sandhi Ading Wasana has a photo, Andreas Muljadi has a closeup photo, and Google has a distant satellite view. Located on a rock on the west side of the entrance to the sheltered bay of Banda Naira. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1626.3; NGA 25820.
* Banda Naira (Bandanaira, Pulau Naira) (2)
Date unknown (2017?). Active (?); focal plane 16 m (52 ft); white flash every 3 s. 14 m (46 ft) square white skeletal tower on a concrete base. Semmie Hukom's photo is at right, Susanne Suñol Pavia has a 2019 photo, and Google has a satellite view. This lighthouse replaced a 12 m (39 ft) tower with a flared top; Konstantin Filipenko has a 2014 photo of the earlier light. Althoigh this light was dropped by the Admiralty in December 2022 it seems likely it is still active. Located on the quay at Banda Naira, the principal town of the islands. Site open, tower closed. ex-Admiralty Q1626; NGA 25812.

Banda Naira Light, Banda Islands, March 2018
ex-Google Plus photo by Semmie Hukom
* Pelabuhan Wilker Kumber (Pulau Banda)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 16 m (52 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 13 m (43 ft) square white skeletal tower. No photo available but Google has a satellite view. Located on the quay at Wilker Kumber on the north coast of Pulau Banda, largest of the Banda islands. Site open, tower closed. Not listed by the Admiralty.
Pulau Suanggi
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 122 m (400 ft); three white flashes every 15 s. 15 m (49 ft) square skeletal tower, painted white. No photo available but Bing has a distant satellite view. The light can be seen barely on the summit of the island in Alan Teo's photo. Note that there is another Pulau Suanggi light near Ambon (see above). Located atop a small island at the northwestern end of the Banda group. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1625; NGA 25808.
Pulau Bingkudu
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 25 m (82 ft); white flash every 5 s. 20 m (66 ft) octagonal white concrete tower with lantern and gallery. No photo available but Bing has a satellite view. Located on a tiny island, the northernmost of the Penyu (Turtle) group, in the Banda Sea about 350 km (220 mi) south of Ambon (this island is not seen at all in Google's satellite view). Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1598; NGA 25810.
Pulau Mai
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 32 m (105 ft); three white flashes every 15 s. 30 m (98 ft) square skeletal tower painted white. Three 1-story coast guard station buildings. Larun Sedu has a 2021 photo and a closeup and Google has a satellite view of the station. Located on a small island, the southernmost of the Penyu (Turtle) group, in the Banda Sea about 350 km (220 mi) south of Ambon. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty Q1597.5.
Pulau Manuk
Date unknown. Active (?); focal plane and light characteristic, if any, unknown. Approx. 35 m (115 ft) square skeletal tower. Chandra Morsono's photo is at right and Bing has an indistinct satellite view. Pulau Manuk is an isolated, uninhabited volanic island in the middle of the Banda Sea about 115 km (72 mi) south southeast of Banda Naira. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Not listed by the Admiralty.
Pulau Manuk Light
Pulau Manuk Light, Banda Sea, April 2008
Flickr Creative Commons photo by Chandra Marsono

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Posted December 31, 2008. Checked and revised November 3, 2023. Lighthouses: 46. Site copyright 2023 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.