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If not otherwise noted, focal height and coordinates are taken from the United States Coast Guard Light List, [2] while location and dates of activation, automation, and deactivation are taken from the United States Coast Guard historical information site for lighthouses. [3] Locations of demolished lights have been estimated using National ...
The first lighthouse in the state was lit in 1822 and the last in 1965 (ignoring automated towers erected later); the oldest surviving structure is the Pooles Island Light and the oldest still active is the Cove Point Light. The tallest extant tower is the Craighill Channel Lower Range Rear Light.
Location Coordinates Year first lit Automated Year deactivated Current Lens Focal Height Tower Height Absecon Light: Atlantic City: 1857 Never 1933 Decorative 167 ft (51 m) 171 ft (52 m) Barnegat Lighthouse: Barnegat Light [2
Hecate Strait: Sarah Passage: 1897 (station established) This light is located around 5 kilometres north of the village of Klemtu. It is there to mark the northbound entrance to Sarah Passage and is situated on the west side of Sarah Island.
Lighthouses of South Africa. Portnet. 1991. ISBN 0-620-16367-4. "Section 1 - List of Lights and Radio Signals". List of Lights, Fog Signals, Radio Navigational Aids and Radio Services (2008 ed.). South African Navy, Hydrographic Office. 4 September 1991. ISBN 9780958407175. Williams, Harold A. (1993). Southern lights: lighthouses of Southern ...
The ruined lighthouse at Waugoshance protects boats from a shoal area at the northern end of Lake Michigan. The lighthouse is located in Emmet County, Michigan, United States, and in U.S. Coast Guard District No. 9. [9] [10] It is approximately 15 miles (24 km) west of Mackinaw City. Due to erosion and deterioration, the lighthouse is ...
Pigeon Point Lighthouse is one of the most picturesque lighthouses on the Pacific coast. The tower stands on a rocky promontory and has long been a landmark for ships approaching San Francisco Bay from the south. This headland, and the lighthouse, took its name from the ship Carrier Pigeon that wrecked here in 1853. [8]