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Cape Ann Light — light characteristic, height, range

One red flash every 5 seconds

Count 5 seconds.Flash red, once.Begin again.

Characteristic
Fl R 5s
Height
166 ft · 51 m
Nominal range
17 nmi = 31 km
Remarks
Emergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. HORN: 2 blasts ev 60s (3s bl-3s si-3s bl-51s si). MRASS-Fog signal is radio activated, during times of reduced visibility, turn marine VHF-FM radio to channel 83A/157.175Mhz. Key microphone 5 times consecutively, to activate fog signal for 60 minutes.
Position
42.6368°N, 70.5749°W · MA
Cape Ann Light in the middle, with the lights within 20 km, in their listed colours.

Lights nearby

  • Thacher Island North LightSteady yellow light · 289 m
  • Straitsmouth LightOne green flash every 6 seconds · 3.0 km
  • Avery Ledge Lighted Buoy 2One red flash every 4 seconds · 3.6 km
  • Rockport Breakwater Light 6One red flash every 4 seconds · 4.0 km
  • ARII Good Harbor Wave Research Lighted BuoyContinuous quick yellow flashes · 4.4 km
  • Dry Salvages Lighted Bell Buoy 1One green flash every 2.5 seconds · 4.8 km
  • Sandy Bay Breakwater Lighted Gong Buoy 3Continuous quick green flashes · 5.3 km
  • Gloucester Inner Harbor Junction Lighted Buoy GH2+1 red flashes every 6 seconds · 7.4 km

Not for navigation. Use official NOAA charts and USCG Local Notices to Mariners.

Real periods; the phase is reconstructed from a fixed clock (real lights don't keep time with each other).

Sources: U.S. Coast Guard Light List (opens in a new tab) · Checked

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