Where is the world's most powerful lighthouse?

The first lighthouse built in history was in ancient Egypt, and some of them had already been built in Europe before the time of Christ. The most famous lighthouse of the ancient era was the Alexandria Lighthouse in Egypt, which was considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. This building is thought to be about 180 meters high, but historians today doubt that it was that high.

No matter how high the Alexandria Lighthouse was, it certainly was not as powerful as modern lighthouses, this was because in ancient times the light was provided by bonfires above the lighthouse. The most powerful lighthouse on Earth today is on an island off the coast of Brittany, France. This building, which is 50 metres high, has a light equivalent to 500 million candles.

But the lights that can be seen at the longest distance are the bulbs above the Empire State in New York. Each of these bulbs has a light equivalent to 450 million candles, and they can be seen at a distance of 125 km... and from an airplane at a distance of 480 km!

The highest lighthouse on Earth is in Yokohama, Japan, and is about 105 meters high.

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