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 southwestern coast on the Persian Gulf; lighthouses of the Gulf of Oman and Strait of Hormuz are on the Southeastern 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 history, 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. 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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Western Hormozgān Province Lighthouses
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![]() Lesser Tunb Island Light, Persian Gulf Unattributed photo posted April 2014 (no longer online) |
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Būshehr Province Lighthouses
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![]() Karri Light, Būshehr Province, April 2011 ex-Panoramio photo by s seyyedmohammad jafar rokni reposted to Google Maps January 2019 |
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![]() North Breakwater Light, Bandar-e Kanaveh, Būshehr, Jnauary 2020 Google Maps photo by Amirhossein Gholizadeh |
Information available on lost lighthouses:
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Adjoining pages: East: Southeastern Iran | South: United Arab Emirates | Southwest: Kuwait | West: Iraq
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Posted October 9, 2010. Checked and revised November 23, 2025. Lighthouses: 42. Site copyright 2025 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.