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In 1905, the U.S. Lighthouse Service identified Navassa Island as a good location for a new lighthouse. [4] However, plans for the light moved slowly. With the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, shipping between the American eastern seaboard and the Canal through the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti increased in the area of Navassa, which proved a hazard to navigation.
Navassa Island (/ n ə ˈ v æ s ə /; Haitian Creole: Lanavaz; French: Île de la Navasse, sometimes la Navase) is a small uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea.Located northeast of Jamaica, south of Cuba, and 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) west of Jérémie on the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti, it is subject to an ongoing territorial dispute between Haiti and the United States, which ...
Fire Island Light: New York 165 feet (50 m) St. Augustine Light: Florida 164 feet (50 m) Cape Henry Light: Virginia 163 feet (50 m) Barnegat Light: New Jersey [5] 162 feet (49 m) Navassa Island Light: Navassa Island 161 feet (49 m) Morris Island Light: South Carolina 158 feet (48 m) Currituck Beach Light: North Carolina 158 feet (48 m)
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The state of Colorado has only one lighthouse, the Dillon Reservoir Lighthouse, also known as the Lake Dillon Lighthouse. It is located in the Dillon Reservoir (also referred to as Lake Dillon) in Summit County, Colorado. Although the exact completion date of the 26-foot tall tower is unknown, it was constructed along with the reservoir itself ...
Location & coordinates Class of Light [2] Focal height [2] NGA number [2] Admiralty ... "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Name Image Year built Location & coordinates Class of Light [2] Focal height [2] NGA number [2] Admiralty number [2] Range nml [2]; Battery Point Lighthouse: n/a: Vieux Fort: Fl Y 2.5s.
The Bureau of Land Management manages the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, including the lighthouse. The Yaquina Head Interpretive Center opened in 1997 and includes exhibits about the history and preservation of the lighthouse, and the marine life found in tide pools and along the coast. The Center includes a gift shop.