Oak Island Light — light characteristic, height, range

4 white flashes every 10 seconds

Count 10 seconds.Flash white, 4 times.Begin again.

Characteristic: Fl (4)W 10s
Height: 169 ft · 52 m
Nominal range: 22 nmi = 41 km
Structure: Cylindrical tower, top third black, middle third white, lower third gray.
Remarks: Structure maintained by entity outside the U.S. Coast Guard.
Position: 33.8928°N, 78.0349°W · NC

Oak Island Light in the middle, with the lights within 20 km, in their listed colours.

Lights nearby

Oak Island Channel Light 8One red flash every 4 seconds · 881 m
Oak Island Channel Light 1One green flash every 4 seconds · 1.5 km
Oak Island Channel Light 2One red flash every 4 seconds · 1.6 km
Southport Channel Range Front LightContinuous quick white flashes · 1.9 km
Cape Fear River Channel Lighted Buoy 16Continuous quick red flashes · 2.0 km
Cape Fear River Entrance Range Rear LightWhite, 3 s on and 3 s off · 2.0 km
Cape Fear River Entrance Range Rear Passing Lights (2)One white flash every 4 seconds · 2.0 km
Cape Fear River Channel Lighted Buoy 16AOne red flash every 2.5 seconds · 2.3 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).