The Chinese province of Guǎngdōng (formerly spelled Kwangtung) is located on the southern coast of the country facing the South China Sea. The coastline is rugged and irregular, with many islands and reefs threatening unwary navigators. This page lists lighthouses of the Pearl River (Zhū Jiāng), China's third longest river. The river's broad estuary, often called the Pearl River Delta although it is not a true delta, leads to Guǎngzhōu, the provincial capital and a major port. Hong Kong is on the east side of the mouth of the estuary and Macau is on the west side. 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. The lights on this page are maintained by the Guǎngzhōu MSA office, which is included in the Guǎngzhōu 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. In South China zhōu is an island in a river or estuary. 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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Shēnzhèn Subprovince Lighthouses
Zhūhǎi City Lighthouses
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![]() Zhúzhōu Light, Wānshān Islands PRC MSA Guǎngdōng Region photo |
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Guǎngzhōu City Lighthouses
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![]() Shānbǎnzhōu Light, Zhū Jiāng Estuary, Guǎngzhōu PRC Maritime Safety Administration photo |
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![]() Nízhōutóu Rear Lights and Guǎngzhōu VTC, November 2013 ex-Panoramio Creative Commons photo by Hong Sky |
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Notable faux lighthouses:
Adjoining pages: North: Eastern Guǎngdōng | East: Hong Kong | Enclave: Macau | South: Guǎngdōng South Coast
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Posted December 17, 2008. Last checked and revised November 27, 2019. Lighthouses: 37; lightships and lightfloats: 3. Site copyright 2019 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.