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Featured Lighthouses:

    1. Portland Head Lighthouse

    Location: 1000 Shore Road Cape Elizabeth, Maine
    Year first lit: 1791 - Automated: 1989
    Tower shape: conical
    Focal Height: 101ft (31m)
    Range: 24 nm

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Portland Head Light
Image by Tyler McCall

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    2. Ar Men Lighthouse

    Location: Brittany, France
    Year first lit: 1881 - Automated: 1990
    Tower shape: conical
    Focal Height: 121ft (37m)
    Range: 23 nm

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Ar Men  lighthouse
Image by BreizHorizons

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    3. Pigeon Point Lighthouse

    Location: Southern approach to San Francisco Bay, California
    Year first lit: 1872 - Automated: 1974
    Tower shape: Conical attached to workroom
    Focal Height: 148 ft (45 m)
    Range: 24 nm

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Pigeon Point Lighthouse
Image by casch52

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    4. Montauk Point Light

    Location: Montauk Point, Suffolk County, New York
    Year first lit: 1797 - Automated: 1987
    Tower shape: Octagonal pyramidal
    Focal Height: 168 ft (51 m)
    Range: 18 nm

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Montauk Point Light Pano
Image by New Yorkled

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    5. Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse

    Location: Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia
    Year first lit: 1895 - Automated: 19925
    Tower shape: conical
    Focal Height: 187ft (57m)
    Range: 25 nm

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Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse
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    6. Sapientza Lighthouse

    Location: Sapienza Island, near Methoni, Greece
    Year first lit: 1885
    Tower shape: conical
    Focal Height: 361ft (110m)
    Range: ??

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    7. Estevan Point Lighthouse

    Location: Hesquiat Peninsula, Vancouver Island, Canada
    Year first lit: 1909
    Tower shape: Octagonal tower with buttresses
    Focal Height: 37m (121ft)
    Range: ??

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Estevan Point lighthouse
Image by mgsbird

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    8. Amelia Island Light

    Location: Amelia Island, Florida
    Year first lit: 1838
    Automated: 1956
    Tower shape: conical tower
    Focal Height: 33m (107ft)
    Range: White 23 nm, Red 19 nm

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Amelia Island Lighthouse, FL
Image by hatchski

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    9. Cape Hatteras Light

    Location: Hatteras Island, North Carolina
    Year first lit: 1870
    Automated: 1950
    Tower shape: conical tower
    Focal Height: 63m (198.5 ft)
    Range: 20 nm

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Cape Hatteras Light House
Image by philipbouchard

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to Know more:

Recommended books:

The Lighthouse Encyclopedia: The Definitive Reference
Lighthouse Encyclopedia, The


The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses
The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses


Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia
Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia