Lighthouses and Shipwrecks: Guarding the Coasts

Cape Hatteras guards the Graveyard of the Atlantic where over 2,000 ships have been lost. Cape Otway in Australia marks the Shipwreck Coast with over 200 wrecks. The Goodwin Sands off Kent have claimed over 2,000 ships.

Lighthouses were built precisely because of these tragedies..