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Ra's Bir Lighthouse

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Ra's Bir Lighthouse

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Ra's Bir Lighthouse is an active lighthouse on the coast of Djibouti it marks the southern end of the strait of Bab-el-Mandeb connecting the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The current lighthouse is the second to be located on Ra's Bir, a remote headland on the northern side of the Gulf of Tadjoura.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.