Navassa Island Light
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Navassa Island Light is a historic lighthouse on the uninhabited Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea, built to aid navigation along busy shipping routes between the Americas.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic lighthouse
ⓘ
lighthouse ⓘ |
| access | by boat only ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
shipping routes between Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
shipping routes between Panama Canal and U.S. East Coast ⓘ |
| automated | 1929 ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial |
concrete
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1901 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deactivated | 1996 ⓘ |
| focalHeight |
198 m
ⓘ
653 ft ⓘ |
| hasBalcony | yes ⓘ |
| hasLantern | yes ⓘ |
| height |
151 ft
ⓘ
46 m ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationReason | importance to maritime navigation in the Caribbean ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | listed as historic structure by the United States ⓘ |
| inception | 1904 ⓘ |
| isOnUninhabitedIsland | true ⓘ |
| lightCharacteristic | Fl W 15s ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Caribbean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInProtectedArea | Navassa Island National Wildlife Refuge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTerritory | Navassa Island (U.S. unincorporated territory) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Navassa Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnCoastOf | Haiti (nearby coast) ⓘ |
| locatedOnFeature | plateau on Navassa Island ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | United States Coast Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managingAgent | United States Coast Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marking | white tower ⓘ |
| nearbyCity |
Jacmel, Haiti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Les Cayes, Haiti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatorAtConstruction | United States Lighthouse Service GENERATED ⓘ |
| partOf | United States aids to navigation system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| powerSource |
later solar power
ⓘ
originally kerosene ⓘ |
| purpose | aid to navigation ⓘ |
| range | 21 nmi ⓘ |
| region | Caribbean ⓘ |
| servesShippingRoutesBetween |
Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
North America and South America ⓘ |
| status | inactive ⓘ |
| towerShape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern ⓘ |
| yearLit | 1904 ⓘ |
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