List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Belgium

This is a list of lighthouses and lightvessels in Belgium.

Lighthouses[]

Name	Image	Region	Location Coordinates	Year built	Notes
		Flanders	Blankenberge 51°18′45.3″N 3°06′52.1″E / 51.312583°N 3.114472°E / 51.312583; 3.114472	1952	The tower has a U-shaped cross-section. It is attached to a maritime museum.[1]
		Flanders	Heist, Zeebrugge 51°20′15.2″N 3°13′49.3″E / 51.337556°N 3.230361°E / 51.337556; 3.230361	1907	This tower used to serve in a range of leading lights until 1983.[1]
		Flanders	Heist, Zeebrugge 51°20′22.2″N 3°13′38.5″E / 51.339500°N 3.227361°E / 51.339500; 3.227361	1912	This tower used to serve in a range of leading lights until 1983.[1]
Lange Nelle Lighthouse		Flanders	Ostend 51°14′10.8″N 2°55′49.7″E / 51.236333°N 2.930472°E / 51.236333; 2.930472	1949	In 1994, the tower was painted with two blue waves on white ground.
		Flanders	Nieuwpoort 51°09′16.8″N 2°43′47.9″E / 51.154667°N 2.729972°E / 51.154667; 2.729972	1949	A lighthouse called Vierboet was established in downtown Nieuwpoort already in 1284. It got a lantern in 1863 and was eventually destroyed in World War I. The current lighthouse is the successor to a tower from 1926.[1]
		Offshore	30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Nieuwpoort 51°07′28.6″N 4°17′27.2″E / 51.124611°N 4.290889°E / 51.124611; 4.290889	1950	The lightvessel in a series of three used in the West-Hinder shoal off Nieuwpoort. It was decommissioned in 1972 and sold in 1976. While being used as a floating restaurant in Ostend, it sank at its berth in 1978 but could be refloated. In the 1980s, it was sold for scrap but was eventually saved. It was towed to Rupelmonde in 2002 where it can be visited.[1]
		Offshore	30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Nieuwpoort 51°20′03.9″N 3°12′29.5″E / 51.334417°N 3.208194°E / 51.334417; 3.208194	1950	This lightvessel was decommissioned in 1994. It is now berthed on dry land in a theme park at the Zeebrugge water front.[1]
		Offshore	30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Nieuwpoort 51°13′46.5″N 4°24′16.3″E / 51.229583°N 4.404528°E / 51.229583; 4.404528	1950	This lightvessel was heavily damaged in 1960 in a collision with the Norwegian tanker Branita. On its way to Ostend for repair, the lightvessel sank, but could be salvaged and resumed duty. It was decommissioned in 1992, and donated to the city of Antwerp in 1995.[1]
		Offshore	30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Nieuwpoort 51°23′00″N 2°26′00″E / 51.38333°N 2.43333°E / 51.38333; 2.43333	1992 (c.)	This fixed installation replaced the Westhinder lightvessels around 1992.[1]
		Flanders	Zeebrugge 51°20′51.5″N 3°12′10.8″E / 51.347639°N 3.203000°E / 51.347639; 3.203000	1905	In World War I, the lighthouse was heavily damaged during the British Zeebrugge Raid in 1918.[1]

See also[]

• Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels

References[]

External links[]

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• Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.