{{Infobox lighthouse | name = Baishamen Lighthouse<br>''Báishā Mén'' | image = Baishamen Lighthouse in 2013 - 01.jpg | caption = Baishamen Lighthouse | location = [[Haidian Island]], [[Haikou]]<br> Hainan, China | coordinates = {{coord|20.071366|N|110.314068|E|type:landmark_region:CN|display=inline,title}} | yearlit = c. 2000 | marking = white tower | yeardeactivated = | foundation = | construction = [[concrete]] | shape = [[triangular prism]] tower rising from a 4-story [[hexagon]]al basement | height = {{convert|236|ft}} | lens = | focalheight = {{convert|256|ft}} | range = {{convert|18|nmi}} | characteristic = Fl W 6s. }} '''Baishamen Lighthouse''' ({{zh|c=白沙门灯塔}}), located on [[Haidian Island]], Haikou, in the province of Hainan, China, is the sixth tallest [[lighthouse]] in the world,<ref>{{cite rowlett|tallest|accessdate=2010-07-30}} Listed as Baisha Men.</ref> and the second tallest in China.<ref>{{cite rowlett|chn12|date=2009-02-11 |accessdate=2010-07-30}} Listed as Baisha Men.</ref> Rising from a three-storey hexagonal base, the structure is {{convert|236|ft}} tall. This active lighthouse has a focal plane of {{convert|256|ft}} and sends out a white flash every six seconds. The triangular, cylindrical tower and base are made entirely of white concrete.
It serves as a landfall light for the city of Haikou, and is located on the east side of the entrance to [[Haikou Bay]], the harbor of Haikou on the northeast shore of Haidian Island.
==See also== {{Portal|China|Engineering}} * [[List of lighthouses in China]] * [[List of tallest lighthouses in the world]] * [[Mulantou Lighthouse]] – the tallest lighthouse in China
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Refbegin}} * {{cite ngall|112|2009|297}} Listed as Baisha Men. {{Refend}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Baishamen Lighthouse}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723143926/http://www.hnaton.net/new_hangbiao/light_show.asp?id=442 Information of Baishamen Lighthouse]
{{Hainan topics}} {{City of Haikou}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Lighthouses completed in 2000]] [[Category:Lighthouses in China]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Haikou]] [[Category:Haidian Island]] [[Category:2000 establishments in China]]
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