- Ténès is an ancient seaport founded by Phoenician sailors some 2800 years ago. Located about 200 km (125 mi) west of Algiers, the town has a population of about 35,000.
Pointe Columbi (El Marsa, Nadji)
- Date unknown. Active; focal plane 60 m (197 ft); three white flashes
every 15 s. 29 m (95 ft) square cylindrical stone tower with lantern
and gallery attached to a 1-story keeper's house.
An ONSM photo is at right, Mesrine Merie has a photo,
Mosta Motard has a closeup, Wikimedia has a photo, a 2021 photo is available, and Google has a good satellite view. Located on a headland about 5 km (3 mi) northeast
of El Marsa. Site status unknown. ARLHS ALG-042; Admiralty E6656;
NGA 22512.
- Ténès Jetée Ouest
- Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); green light occulting
twice every 6 s. 7 m (23 ft) stone post mounted on a 1-story
stone base. The lighthouse is unpainted. Bil Bourayou has a distant view, Fayssal Babouri has a very distant view, Midou Saga has a view of the breakwaters across the harbor, and Google has a satellite view. Located at the end of the west breakwater at Ténès.
Site status unknown. ARLHS ALG-067; Admiralty E6650; NGA 22496.
- Ténès Jetée Est
- Date unknown. Active; focal plane 10 m (33 ft); red light occulting
twice every 6 s. 8 m (26 ft) stone post mounted on a 1-story
stone base. The lighthouse is unpainted. Younes Abbas has a 2022 photo, Hamid Abid has a 2023 closeup, Fayssal Babouri has a very distant view and Google has a satellite view. Located at the end of the east breakwater at Ténès.
Site status unknown. ARLHS ALG-066; Admiralty E6651; NGA 22492.
- * Cap
Ténès
- 1865. Active; focal plane 89 m (292 ft); two white flashes every
10 s. 31 m (102 ft) square cylindrical stone tower with lantern
and gallery rising from the front of a 2-story stone keeper's house.
Lighthouse painted white, lantern dark green. Mohamed Benzira's 2023 photo is at right,
a 2008 photo is available, Lightphotos.net has Kamel Lebtahi's photo and a view by Ghalem Arsalan, Forand has a historic postcard view, and Google has a good satellite
view. Located on a headland about 8 km (5 mi) northeast of Ténès.
Site open, tower closed.
. ARLHS ALG-018; Admiralty E6646; NGA 22488.
- * Beni Haoua Secondary Jetty
- Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 16 m (52 ft); white light, pattern unknown. Approx. 12 m (39 ft) round cylindrical white concrete tower. Fahed Chater has a photo, Abdelsamie Toubal has a distant view and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on the inner (west) breakwater at Beni Haoua, a small port in eastern Chlef Province. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty E6645.2.
- * Beni Haoua Main Jetty
- Date unknown. Active; focal plane about 16 m (52 ft); red light, pattern unknown. Approx. 10 m (33 ft) round cylindrical white concrete tower. Fahed Chater has a photo, Abdelsamie Toubal has a distant view and Google has an indistinct satellite view. Located on the main (east) breakwater at Beni Haoua. Site open, tower closed. Admiralty E6645.3.
Tipaza Province Lighthouses
- #Îlot Tokikt (Tokih Indich)
- Date unknown. Demolished. This was an 8 m (26 ft) square white concrete tower. Haouchine Hamza has a 2020 photo showing the lighthouse was demolished, a 2022 photo shows only the base of the tower, and Google has a satellite view. Located on an isolated rocky reef about 5 km (3 mi) northeast of Larhat. Accessible only by boat. Site status unknown. Admiralty
E6644; NGA 22486.
- Cherchell
(Fort Joinville)
- 1855. Active; focal plane 37 m (121 ft); three white flashes, in
a 2+1 pattern, every 15 s. 26 m (85 ft) round stone tower with lantern
and gallery. Long unpainted, the lighthouse has been painted white
in recent years; lantern painted black. A. Nasser Hakem's 2020 photo appears
at the top of the page,
Amine Lido has a 2021 photo, Wikimedia has several photos, a panoramic view is available, Habib Kaki also has a wide view, and Google has a satellite view. Cherchell is a small port about 90 km (55 mi) west of
Algiers. It has an illustrious history dating back to an Egyptian
settlement dating to about 1500 BC; in Roman times it was known
as Caesarea and served as the capital of the Roman kingdom of Mauretania.
The lighthouse is inside the walls of Fort Joinville, built by
the French on an island sheltering the harbor. The island is connected
to land by a breakwater. Site status unknown. ARLHS ALG-019; Admiralty
E6636; NGA 22468.
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Pointe Columbi Light, Ténès
Office National de Signalisation Maritime photo

Cap Ténès Light, Ténès, August 2023
Google Maps photo by Mohamed Benzira
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