The Islamic Republic of Iran has a long southern coastline on the Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf and a much shorter northern coastline on the Caspian Sea. This page is for lighthouses of the southeastern coast on the Gulf of Oman and Strait of Hormuz; lighthouses of the Persian Gulf are on the Southwestern Iran page and the Northern Iran page has the lighthouses of the Caspian coast. Notes on nomenclature: Historically Iran was called Persia in the west and the word Persian is often used in describing the country's culture and language. The language is also called Fārsī. The Persian Gulf (as it is usually known in the West) is called the Gulf of Fars (Xalij-e Fârs) in Iran and it is usually called the Arabian Gulf in Arabia. The International Hydrographic Organization calls it the Gulf of Iran, and many commentators avoid all nomenclatural problems by calling it simply "The Gulf". Iran is divided into 31 provinces (ostān) and the provinces are subdivided into counties (shahrestan). The Persian phrase for a lighthouse is فانوس دریایی (fānoos daryaii, "marine lantern"). Jazīreh is an island, tangeh is a strait, and bandar is a port or harbor. Navigational aids in Iran are maintained by the Ports and Maritime Organization, an agency of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development. Many harbor lights are maintained by the local port authorities. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume D of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.
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Sistan and Baluchestan Province Lighthouses
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![]() Kalantari Light, Chābahār, December 2015 ex-Panoramio photo copyright Saeid Hashemi; used by permission |
Eastern Hormozgān Province Lighthouses
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![]() West Breakwater Light, Jask, February 2020 ex-Google Maps photo by Tareq Jashooei |
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![]() East Breakwater Light, Hormuz, February 2020 Google Maps street view by Reza Arabsheibani |
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![]() Shahīd Rajāī Range Front Light, Bandar Abbas, October 2021 Google Maps street view by Ali Nejatpour |
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![]() Hengam Island Light, Qeshm unattributed ex-Panoramio photo salvaged by ipfs.io |
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Adjoining pages: East: Pakistan | South: Oman | Southwest: United Arab Emirates | West: Southwestern Iran
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Posted October 9, 2010. Checked and revised October 8, 2024. Lighthouses: 25. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.