For most of its history Korea was an independent kingdom, or at least an autonomous kingdom under Chinese influence. This came to an end in 1910 when Japan annexed all of Korea. At the end of World War II in 1945 the 38° parallel was established as the dividing line between U.S. and Soviet zones of occupation, and in 1948 separate civil administrations were established in the two halves of the country. The Korean War (1950-53) ended in a draw with the armistice line falling close to the prewar 38° line. The Republic of Korea (ROK), commonly called South Korea, occupies the Korean peninsula south of the armistice line. Yeosu is a major port in the central part of Korea's south coast in southeastern Jeollanam (South Jeolla) province. The urban area of the city occupies the Yeosu Peninsula, but the metropolitan city includes several hundred islands of all sizes. This page includes lighthouses of the Hwayang Township and South Township, including a series of islands south of the peninsula. Navigational aids in the ROK are regulated by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF). The lights on this page are maintained by the Yeosu Regional Oceans and Fisheries Administration. In 2000 South Korea adopted a Revised Romanization System to replace systems formerly used in the West. In the Revised System, the word for a lighthouse is deungdae (등대); dan (formerly tan) is a cape, seom (som) or do (to) is an island, am or amseog is a rock, man is a bay, and hang is a harbor. Some place names may be more familiar to Westerners in the spellings of older systems. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. Admiralty numbers are from volume M of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA
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Hwayang Township Lighthouses
South Township Lighthouses
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Information available on lost lighthouses:
Notable faux lighthouses:
Adjoining pages: North: Yeosu | South: Jeju | West: Goheung Area
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Posted January 9, 2008. Lighthouses: 37. Checked and revised January 7, 2021. Site copyright 2021 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.