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Also known as LtHo, lighthouses, light house, light houses, light-house, light-houses

thumb|300px|Barnegat Lighthouse at the coast of [[Ocean County, New Jersey, U.S., facing the Atlantic Ocean at sunrise]] thumbnail|Aerial drone footage of the Roman Rock Lighthouse off the southern coast of South Africa.

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A lighthouse is a tower-shaped structure built on coasts or rocky areas that uses light to guide ships safely through dangerous waters. Lighthouses have been essential for maritime navigation, helping prevent shipwrecks and protecting both vessels and the people aboard them.

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Subclass of: beacon
Part of: marine navigation
Has part: Fresnel lens
Body of water: lake
Image: .00 4006 Leuchttürme auf dem Kap Arkona (Ostseeinsel Rügen).jpg
Has use: marine navigation

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source of energy: solar energy
OpenStreetMap tag: man_made=lighthouse
topic's main category: Category:Lighthouses
Commons category: Lighthouses
equivalent class: dbpedia.org/ontology/Lighthouse
Commons gallery: Lighthouse
topic has template: Template:Lighthouses
studied by: civil engineering
practiced by: lighthouse keeper
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Unicode character: 🛙
different from: Fyr
model item: Landsort lighthouse
sRGB color hex triplet: 8B4513

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