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Whitehead Light — light characteristic, height, range

Green, dark once every 4 seconds

Keep the green light on.Every 4 seconds, go dark once.Begin again.

Characteristic
Oc G 4s
Height
75 ft · 23 m
Nominal range
6 nmi = 11 km
Structure
Gray Granite tower.
Remarks
Emergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s 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
43.9787°N, 69.1243°W · ME
Whitehead Light in the middle, with the lights within 20 km, in their listed colours.

Lights nearby

  • Two Bush Island LightOne white flash every 5 seconds · 4.3 km
  • Two Bush Ledge Lighted Bell Buoy 5TBOne green flash every 4 seconds · 4.9 km
  • Tenants Harbor Approach Lighted Bell Buoy 1One green flash every 6 seconds · 4.9 km
  • Marshall Point Lighted Buoy MPMorse A (·−) in white · 7.8 km
  • Two Bush Island Lighted Whistle Buoy TBIMorse A (·−) in white · 9.6 km
  • West Penobscot Bay Entrance Lighted Gong Buoy PAMorse A (·−) in white · 11 km
  • St. George River Light 21One white flash every 6 seconds · 11 km
  • Rockland Harbor Southwest LightSteady yellow light · 12 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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