Kaohsiung Lighthouse is located on the hilltop of Cihou Mountain near Kaohsiung Port. In 1883, the lighthouse was built by the Customs of the Ching Dynasty into a tetragon brick tower with the sixth-class single-layer fixing light lamp. In 1916, the Japanese government rebuilt the building, and didn’t finish it until 1918 because of delayed purchase of lamps during the wartime. The building was painted white, measured 11 meters high, and re-equipped with the third-class electric lamp. The lighthouse flashed red and white light once by turns every twenty second. The lamp shone with 37,000 candle-power red light and 94,000 candle-power white light.

　　The area near the lighthouse was strafed by firearms during the World War II, but the tower body was not damaged then fortunately. In 1948, the flashing interval was reduced to seventeen seconds. That means the lighthouse shone white light nine seconds and red light eight seconds by turns.

　　In 1962, the second-class radio beacon was set up with working range of 100 nautical miles and in working order day and night.

　　In 1964, the lighthouse was re-equipped with white occulting light lamp. The lighthouse guide vessels with equal duration of three seconds between lightness and darkness very six minutes with 52,000 candlepower light.

　　The lighthouse was re-equipped with the new-type forth-class rotated-lens electric lamp, and shone with four flashes every thirty second. Its light power was increased to 850,000 candlepower.

　　One radio beacon was replaced in 1983.

　　One radar beacon was set up in 1984.

　　The lighthouse was ranked as the third-class historical site by the Ministry of the Interior.

　　Height of Lighthouse: 15.2 meters

　　Height of Light (above H.W.): 58.2 meters

　　Nominal range: 25.2 nautical miles