West Coast
The west coast of Peninsular Malaysia, which faces the Strait of Malacca, contains a large concentration of lighthouses aimed at navigation through the narrow strait, as well as serving to direct ships into major ports such as Port Klang, Malacca and Penang. Lighthouses in Johor are also used to guide ships into Singaporean waters, from which Singaporean counterparts provide navigation past the island or into the Port of Singapore. Most of the west coast lighthouses, as is Singapore's, are referred to as "The Straits Settlement Lighthouses", named after the former British-ruled territories that encompassed Singapore, Penang, Malacca and Dinding.
- Tanjung Piai Light, Tanjung Piai, Johor
- Panjang Selatan Light, Johor
- Mudah Selatan Light, Johor
- Pulau Pisang Light, Pulau Pisang, Johor
- Pulau Sialu Lighthouse, Pulau Sialu, Johor
- Bukit Segenting Lighthouse, Tanjung Api Api, Johor
- Pulau Undan Lighthouse, Pulau Undan, Malacca
- Malacca Light, Malacca Town, Malacca
- Cape Rachado Lighthouse, Cape Rachado (Tanjung Tuan), Malacca
- Bukit Jugra Lighthouse, Bukit Jugra, Selangor
- One Fathom Bank Lighthouse, Selangor
- Pulau Angsa Lighthouse, Pulau Angsa, Selangor
- Kuala Selangor Lighthouse, Fort Altingsburg, Bukit Melawati, Selangor
- Pulau Katak Lighthouse, Pulau Katak, Selangor
- Pulau Rimau Lighthouse, Pulau Rimau, Penang
- Fort Cornwallis Light, Fort Cornwallis, George Town, Penang
- Pulau Tikus Lighthouse, Pulau Tikus, Penang
- Muka Head Lighthouse, Muka Head, Penang
- Kuala Kedah Lighthouse, Kuala Kedah, Kedah
Read more about this topic: List Of Lighthouses In Malaysia, Peninsular Malaysia
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“I see my light come shining
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Any day now, any day now,
I shall be released.”
—Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941)
“Frequently also some fair-weather finery ripped off a vessel by a storm near the coast was nailed up against an outhouse. I saw fastened to a shed near the lighthouse a long new sign with the words “ANGLO SAXON” on it in large gilt letters, as if it were a useless part which the ship could afford to lose, or which the sailors had discharged at the same time with the pilot. But it interested somewhat as if it had been a part of the Argo, clipped off in passing through the Symplegades.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)