If you can, it's purported to be a prime scuba diving site in the Sulu Sea. If you have to reacquaint yourself with that location (I did), the Sulu Sea is the body of water located to the west of the southern Phillippines, east of Palawan, and northeast of Borneo. (To make it easier to visualize, click here. The red pin is where the reefs are, and they are in the middle of a lot of water.)
So, though quite small, the Tubbataha Reefs have a distinctive lighthouse, probably a good idea because boats woudn't want to run aground on these isolated reefs, and the lighthouse is a decent landmark making them easier to find.
And here's what the Lighthouse Directory has to say about this light:
"1980 (station established 1915). Active; two white flashes every 10 s. Approx. 15 m (50 ft) octagonal concrete tower with gallery rising from the center of an octagonal concrete keeper's house. It appears that the lantern has been removed and replaced by a light on a short mast. ... The lighthouse is on South Tubbataha."This lighthouse does have a keeper's house, as it says, but living here would be right out of "what would you bring to do if you were going to live on a desert island"? Lots of time for introspection, and waiting for the next supply boat.
Pictures:
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| This one is better bigger - click it |
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| Best I could find of a close-up, though small |
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| Famous enough to be on a stamp |
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