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- Code Number:
- TLHD04_290
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Montauk Point Lighthouse, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York State, Atlantic Ocean, East Coast, Eastern Seaboard
- This classic lighthouse is situated at the eastern tip of Long Island New York in Montauk Point State Park.
Latitude: 41.071 Longitude: -71.85706
First lit: 1797 Automated: 1987 Foundation: 4 meters (13 feet) deep and 3 meters (9 feet) thick, Natural, Emplaced, built in 1796 Construction: Sandstone Tower shape: Octagonal Pyramidal Height: 33.7 meters (110.5 feet) Focal height: 51 meters (168 feet) Original lens: 8 whale oil lamps (1797), Fresnel lens Current lens: VRB-25 Range: 18 nm Characteristic: Flashing White 5 seconds Fog signal: Horn: 1 2s in every 15s ARLHS #: USA-512 USCG #: 1-660
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- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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