Largest animal-shaped lighthouses
- Who
- Jeju "Lighthorses"
- What
- 12 m metre(s)
- Where
- Korea (Republic of) (Iho Hang)
- When
- 04 February 2009
The largest animal-shaped lighthouses are a pair of 12-m-tall (39-ft) "light-horses" that sit on the Iho Hang breakwaters, west of Jeju City on Jeju Island, South Korea. Inspired by the Jeju horse, native to the island, the concrete structures that sit at the end of Iho Tewoo Beach were completed on 4 February 2009.
The horse on the eastern breakwater is completely white and the one on the western breakwater is completely red.
Incredibly, the equine beacons are not the only animal-themed lighthouse on Jeju Island. At Gwideok Port, near Hallim, there is a lighthouse in the harbour comprising a 13-m (43-ft) white tower on the back of a black stone turtle.
Novelty lighthouses continue on the Korean mainland where on the coast of Gangwon Province, there are numerous mushroom/toadstool-shaped lighthouses at locations such as Nimae Hang, Gisamun Hang and Mulchi Hang.