The Lighthouses of Bulgaria

The lights of Bulgaria are all located on the Black Sea and cover much of the west edge of that Sea. Lights are numbered from the South to the North.
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BG 1 Akhtopol
latitude 42° 6' 2.3" N longitude 27° 56' 57" E

Located on a rock just off the coast at Ahtopol, about 12 km southeast of Tsarevo. It appears that the lighthouse can be approached at low water. ARLHS # BUL-001

Photo courtesy s vatev [Flickr]

Akhtopol
BG 2 Michurin Breakwater (Tazarevo Breakwater Head)

ARLHS # BUL-011

BG 3 Michurin Main (Tazarevo Main)

A likely location is atop the new Bay View condominium building, which is on the promontory on the north side of Tsarevo harbor. ARLHS # BUL-012

BG 4 Michurin On The Rock (Tzarevo On The Rock)
latitude 42° 10' 0.8" N longitude 27° 52' 5" E

Located on a rock off the harbor of Tsarevo. Accessible only by boat. ARLHS # BUL-031

Photo courtesy Mihaela Ivanova [panoramio]

Michurin On The Rock
BG 5 Kiten Pier Head ARLHS # BUL-009
BG 6 Primorsko Pier
latitude 42° 15' 48.2" N longitude 27° 45' 32.8" E

Located at the end of the breakwater pier in Primorsko. Accessible by walking the pier (caution: no railings). ARLHS # BUL-019

Photo courtesy mayanedeva [webshots]

Primorsko Pier
BG 7 Maslen Nos Maslen Nos (Cape Zeitin (Black Sea))
latitude 42° 18' 25" N longitude 27° 47' 33.1" E

Located on a rocky promontory about 7 km northeast of Primorsko. ARLHS # BUL-010

Photo courtesy Svilen Sirmanov [panoramio]

BG 8 Nos Balchik ARLHS # BUL-029

Photo courtesy Christo Ignatov [panoramio]

Nos Balchik
BG 9 Sozopol

Located at an elbow of the North Pier at Sozopol. ARLHS # BUL-034

BG 10 Sozopol West (Agios Petros South Pier )

Located at the end of the west quay at Sozopol harbor. photo ARLHS # BUL-036

BG 11 Sozopol East (Agios Petros North Pier)
latitude 42° 25' 17.4" N longitude 27° 41' 7.3" E

The pier is connected to a peninsula that was formerly the site of a naval college but is now designated as the site of a hotel. Located at the end of the north (breakwater) mole protecting the harbor at Sozopol. photo ARLHS # BUL-035

BG 12 Chu Kalya (Sukala Point) ARLHS # BUL-020
BG 13 Sveta Anastasiya (Ostrov Bolshevik)
latitude 42° 28' 5.8" N longitude 27° 33' 10.7" E

This lighthouse appears to be a sibling of the Sv. Ivan Light. Sveta Anasastiya is a small island in Burgas Bay about 6 km east southeast of the Burgas waterfront. It is accessible by passenger ferry from Burgas. ARLHS # BUL-021

Photo courtesy Christo Ignatov [eMail]

Sveta Anastasiya
BG 14 Sveti Ivan (Megalo Nisi) ARLHS # BUL-022
BG 15 Burgas North Head Of Jetty ARLHS # BUL-028
BG 16 Burgas East Breakwater Head
latitude 42° 28' 53.1" N longitude 27° 29' 0.4" E

This lighthouse appears to be a prefabricated French cast iron tourelle. Located at the end of a breakwater mole on the north side of the entrance to Burgas harbor. There is a road on the mole. ARLHS # BUL-002

Photo courtesy Paul [panoramio]

Burgas East Breakwater Head
BG 17 Burgas South Head Of Jetty ARLHS # BUL-003
BG 18 Burgas West Breakwater ARLHS # BUL-041
BG 19 Burgas East Breakwater West Arm (Black Sea)
latitude 42° 29' 0.7" N longitude 27° 28' 55.9" E

Located at the end of the inner breakwater on the east side of the entrance to the inner harbor of Burgas. photo ARLHS # BUL-026

BG 20 Burgas West Breakwater East Arm
latitude 42° 29' 0.7" N longitude 27° 28' 46.2" E

Located at the end of the inner breakwater on the west side of the entrance to the inner harbor of Burgas. photo ARLHS # BUL-027

BG 21 Pomorie Reef
latitude 42° 33' 2.4" N longitude 27° 39' 41.8" E

Pomorie is a beach town at the end of a narrow spit about 15 km east northeast of Burgas; the light marks the north side of the entrance to Burgas Bay. Located on a rock southeast of the beach at Pomorie. ARLHS # BUL-018

Photo courtesy Bartek Dušan [panoramio]

Pomorie Reef
BG 22 Nesebur (Old) Nesebur (Old)
latitude 42° 39' 40.7" N longitude 27° 44' 16.4" E

Nesebar is a beach resort town about 25 km northeast of Burgas. The lighthouse is on an island just offshore and connected to the town by a causeway. Located on the northern tip of the island. ARLHS # BUL-033

Photo courtesy Christo Ignatov [eMail]

BG 23 Nesebur

The active light is at the end of a breakwater attached to the southwestern tip of the island. ARLHS # BUL-013

Photo courtesy Christo Ignatov [eMail]

Nesebur
BG 24 Nos Emine Nos Emine (Cape Emine (Burgas Bay))
latitude 42° 42' 5.1" N longitude 27° 53' 59.8" E

Cape Emine is a prominent cape projecting into the Black Sea about 20 km northeast of Nessebur. ARLHS # BUL-014

Photo courtesy Evgeni Dine [wikipedia]

BG 25 Cape Sveti Atanas ARLHS # BUL-004
BG 26 Sveti Atanas (Nos Sveti Atanas, Byala)
latitude 42° 51' 16.4" N longitude 27° 54' 7.3" E

Located on a hillside above a promontory at Byala (Bjala). photo ARLHS # BUL-039

BG 27 Kamchiya
latitude 43° 1' 26" N longitude 27° 53' 15.1" E

Located in a small hilltop village on the north side of the mouth of the Kamchiya River about 5 km southeast of Bliznatsi. ARLHS # BUL-007

BG 28 Cape Galata (1863)

It appears that this light is at the far left of the photo below. ARLHS # BUL-038

Cape Galata (1863)
BG 29 Cape Galata (1913) Cape Galata (1913)
latitude 43° 10' 15.2" N longitude 27° 56' 43.7" E

The light station was damaged by shelling from the Russian cruiser Empress Maria in 1915, during World War I, but it was repaired after the war. Nos Galata is a prominent cape at the south side of the entrance to Varna Bay. ARLHS # BUL-030

Photo courtesy Svilen Enev [wikipedia]

BG 30 Cape Galata (1987)
latitude 43° 10' 12.4" N longitude 27° 56' 42" E

Nos Galata is a prominent cape at the south side of the entrance to Varna Bay, about 5 km southeast of the city, and this light serves as the city's landfall light. You can see this light at the right of the photo above. photo ARLHS # BUL-015

Cape Galata (1987)
BG 31 Varna East Breakwater Varna East Breakwater (Varnenski, St. Nicholas)
latitude 43° 11' 14.1" N longitude 27° 55' 19" E

This lighthouse is a replica of the original, which was moved to a museum setting. Located at the end of the main breakwater of Varna harbor. ARLHS # BUL-025

Photo courtesy Ivan D [Flickr]

BG 32 Varna South Pier
latitude 43° 11' 28.3" N longitude 27° 55' 5.4" E

This lighthouse is a typical prefabricated French tourelle. Located at the end of a short pier on the west (mainland) side of Varna's inner harbor. ARLHS # BUL-024

Photo courtesy Dmitry Rostopshin [lightphotos]

Varna South Pier
BG 33 Varna East Breakwater Spur Varna East Breakwater Spur
latitude 43° 11' 28.4" N longitude 27° 55' 14.8" E

This lighthouse is a typical prefabricated French tourelle, identical to the South Breakwater Light. Located on a short westward spur off the east (main) breakwater at Varna, marking (with the South Breakwater Light) the entrance to Varna's inner harbor. ARLHS # BUL-023

Photo courtesy Dmitry Rostopshin [lightphotos]

BG 34 Varnensko Ezero ARLHS # BUL-040
BG 35 Georgi Dimitrov (Varna Museum) ARLHS # BUL-032

Photo courtesy Christo Ignatov [panoramio]

Georgi Dimitrov
BG 36 Varna Outer Breakwater Varna Outer Breakwater ARLHS # BUL-037

Photo courtesy Christo Ignatov [eMail]

BG 37 Evxinograd Pierhead (Yevksinogradskiy)
latitude 43° 13' 0.2" N longitude 27° 59' 13.7" E

Located on the north side of Varna Bay about 5 km east northeast of the city's harbor. photo ARLHS # BUL-006

Photo courtesy Christo Ignatov [panoramio]

Evxinograd Pierhead
BG 38 Ekrene

Located on a bluff about 20 km northeast of Varna. photo ARLHS # BUL-005

BG 39 Kavarna Pierhead
latitude 43° 24' 40.6" N longitude 28° 21' 21.6" E

Located at the end of the east pier at Kavarna.

Photo courtesy Christo Ignatov [panoramio]

Kavarna Pierhead
BG 40 Nos Kaliakra (Cape Kaliakra (Black Sea))
latitude 43° 21' 43.4" N longitude 28° 27' 55.8" E

The cape is a popular tourist attraction, but there is a curious lack of photos of the lighthouse. Located about 20 km south of Shabla and 12 km southeast of Kavarna. photo ARLHS # BUL-016

BG 41 Kamen Bryag
latitude 43° 27' 42.1" N longitude 28° 33' 42.2" E

Located about 20 km south of Shabla and 12 km southeast of Kavarna. ARLHS # BUL-008

Photo courtesy Svilen Sotirov [panoramio]

Kamen Bryag
BG 42 Shabla Shabla
latitude 43° 32' 25.3" N longitude 28° 36' 25.1" E

This is Bulgaria's oldest, tallest, and best known lighthouse. Built by the Ottoman Empire, it stands on the easternmost point of the country. Located about 5 km east of the town of Shabla in the northeastern corner of Bulgaria. ARLHS # BUL-017

Photo courtesy Manatari [Flickr]

BG 43 Krapets (Kartolia)

A twin of the Kamen Bryag lighthouse. Located on a promontory on the north side of Krapets, about 10 km south of the Romanian border. photo