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Cape Henry Light in the middle, with the lights within 20 km, in their listed colours.
Cape Henry Light — light characteristic, height, range
Morse U (··−) in white every 20 seconds
Morse U.Count 20 seconds.Begin again.
- Characteristic
- Mo (U) W 20s
- Height
- 164 ft · 50 m
- Nominal range
- 17 nmi = 31 km
- Structure
- Octagonal pyramidal tower, upper and lower half of each face alternately black and white.
- Remarks
- Mo (U) W 20s. 1s fl 2s ec. 1s fl 2s ec. 7s fl 7s ec. White sector 17nm. Red sector 15nm. Red from 154° to 233°, covers shoals outside Cape Charles and Middle Ground inside bay. Emergency light of lower intensity will be displayed when main light is extinguished.
- Position
- 36.9264°N, 76.0072°W · VA
Lights nearby
- Thimble Shoal Lighted Buoy 1TSOne green flash every 2.5 seconds · 3.0 km
- Thimble Shoal Lighted Buoy 2One red flash every 2.5 seconds · 3.3 km
- Cape Henry Lighted Wreck Buoy WR2CHContinuous quick red flashes · 3.7 km
- Broad Bay Lighted Buoy 13One green flash every 2.5 seconds · 3.9 km
- Chesapeake Channel Lighted Buoy 3One green flash every 4 seconds · 4.2 km
- Broad Bay Lighted Buoy 12One red flash every 2.5 seconds · 4.2 km
- Broad Bay Lighted Buoy 19One green flash every 2.5 seconds · 4.3 km
- Linkhorn Bay Lighted Buoy 20One red flash every 2.5 seconds · 4.4 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