Mevo'ot Yam is a youth village

Youth village

A youth village is a boarding school model first developed in Mandate Palestine in the 1930s to care for groups of children and teenagers fleeing the Nazis...

 in central Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 founded in 1951. It is named after the biblical term for "gateways of the sea" (Ezekiel 27:3)

Located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...

 near Mikhmoret

Mikhmoret

Mikhmoret is a moshav in central Israel. Located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea around nine kilometres north of Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council...

, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council

Hefer Valley Regional Council

The Hefer Valley Regional Council is a regional council in the Hefer Valley region of central Israel.The council covers an area adjacent to Hadera in the north, to Netanya in the south, to the Mediterranean in the west and to Tulkarm and the Green Line in the east...

. In 2006, it had a student population of 634. The school offers a variety of specialized tracks with an emphasis on nautical studies. Students can study seamanship, electricity, biology and marine agriculture, diving, and a combined course in mechanics, electronics and computers.

Mikhmoret Light

Mikhmoret Light

Mikhmoret Light , or Mevo'ot Yam Light , is a lighthouse in Mikhmoret, Israel. It is located in the Mevo'ot Yam nautical school, on the north side of the harbor of Mikhmoret.-References: Listed as "Mikhmoret, at Nautical School"....

is located on a building inside the village.