Owl's Head Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Owl's Head Lighthouse
This skeletal steel lighthouse stands 9.5 meters tall, painted red with a white horizontal band. It is situated near Southwest Cove, Nova Scotia, within Canadian coastal waters. The light emits a single white flash every four seconds from a focal height of 26 meters, visible for 14.5 nautical miles. This modern navigational aid features a skeletal mast topped with a daymark, reflecting a functional design for maritime safety. Its operational status confirms its continued role in assisting vessels.
Why it matters: The lighthouse provides a regular white flash every four seconds, aiding safe passage for mariners along the Canadian coast and near the port of Sheet Harbour.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 4s
- Raw Code
- Fl W 4s
- Focal Height
- 26m
- Geographic Range
- 14.5NM
Location
- City
- Southwest Cove
- Country
- 🇨🇦Canada
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Sea Region
- Canadian coastal waters
- Latitude
- 44.7209°
- Longitude
- -62.8003°
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 9.5m
- Tower Shape
- skeletal
- Tower Color
- red with a white horizontal band
- Material
- steel
Structure: skeletal mast carrying a daymark colored red with a white horizontal band
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Sheet Harbour(13.1 km)
- Admiralty No.
- H3566
- NGA No.
- 9824
- ARLHS No.
- CAN-1282
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خطّط رحلاتك قرب Canada، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.