Hamilton Inlet Lighthouses Lighthouse
Fl White 6s🇨🇦CAOperational
Location & Light Range
About Hamilton Inlet Lighthouses Lighthouse
A 14-meter skeletal tower, painted white with a single red vertical stripe, is located on South Wolf Island. It produces a white light with a 6-second cycle, visible at a focal height of 88 meters. The light's reach extends to 23.6 nautical miles. The tower is about 40 kilometers southeast of the Hamilton Inlet opening. Visitors can access the site, but the tower structure remains closed to the public.
Why it matters: This navigation aid marks the approach to Hamilton Inlet, a significant waterway in southern Labrador.
Light & Optic
Characteristic Signature
Fl White 6s
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 6s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 6s
- Focal Height
- 88m
- Geographic Range
- 23.6NM
Location
- Country
- 🇨🇦Canada
- Region
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Sea Region
- South Wolf Island Lighthouse is situated on the northeastern coast of South Wolf Island, approximately 40 km southeast of the entrance to Hamilton Inlet, a nearly 150 km long fjord-like inlet in southern Labrador. The inlet's western half forms Lake Melville and leads to Happy Valley-Goose Bay. This light serves as a crucial landfall marker for vessels approaching Hamilton Inlet.
- Latitude
- 53.6854°
- Longitude
- -55.9016°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Cartwright(40.2 km)
- Admiralty No.
- H0081
- NGA No.
- 0920
Nearby Ports
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 14m
- Tower Shape
- skeletal
- Tower Color
- white with a red vertical stripe
Structure: skeletal tower
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
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