The proper name of this country, Crna Gora, translates as Montenegro in Italian or Black Mountain in English. After being an independent kingdom since at least the 14th century Montenegro became part of Yugoslavia after World War I and remained in federation with Serbia after the collapse of the Yugoslav federation in 1991-92. The country declared its independence from Serbia in June 2006 following a favorable vote in a referendum several weeks earlier. Montenegro has about 90 km (55 mi) of coastline on the Adriatic Sea between Croatia to the north and Albania to the south. Bar, near the center of this coast, is the chief international port, although there are minor port facilities at Budva in the north and Ulcinj in the south. The Montenegrin language can be written in either the Latin or Cyrillic alphabets, although the Latin alphabet is now preferred. As in Croatian the word for a lighthouse is svjetionik. The word rt is a cape or promontory, otok or otočić is an island, hrid is a rock, pličina is a shoal, zaljev is a bay, rijeka is a river, and luka is a port. Aids to navigation are maintained by the Aids to Navigation Division of the Maritime Safety Department (Uprava Pomorske Sigurnosti). ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. MTL numbers are from the Table of Lights, the official Montenegro light list, as provided by the Department for Hydrography and Oceanography, Hydrometeorological Institute of Montenegro. Admiralty numbers are from volume E of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 113.
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![]() Bar Marina South Mole Light, Bar, August 2019 photo copyright Capt. Peter Mosselberger; used by permission |
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![]() Turski Light, Tivat, July 2023 ex-Google Maps photo by Ewa Ewa |
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Adjoining pages: North: Croatia: Southern Dalmatia | South: Albania
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Posted October 10, 2006. Checked and revised December 22, 2024. Lighthouses: 13. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.