You would think that there would be numerous pictures of the fifth-tallest lighthouse in the world, but surprisingly, I couldn't find very many. Maybe that's because it's in China (where it happens to be the tallest lighthouse in the country).
The Mulantou lighthouse is on the island of Hainan, which is the fairly large essentially tropical island south of mainland China, about 250 miles southwest of Hong Kong. I zoomed in fairly close to the point where the lighthouse is located here - zoom out if you want to see it in geographical context, zoom in and switch to satellite view if you want to see it from space. It's on the actual northernmost point of the island.
Pretty simple statistics on it, which this time I garnered from Wikipedia. It's 237 feet (72 meters) tall, and it flashes two white flashes every 15 seconds. It was built in 1995. Apparently it also has an observation room near the top.
So, a couple of pictures, and a stamp, are below.
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