Southwest Pass Entrance Range Rear Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Southwest Pass Entrance Range Rear Lighthouse
Also known as: Southwest Pass Entrance Range Rear (three towers)
This skeletal steel tower stands 20 meters tall, painted in a red and white checkerboard pattern with a diamond-shaped daymark. It is positioned on a square platform supported by piles, just inside the west jetty on the west side of the Mississippi River entrance. The structure carries a white light with a simple flashing characteristic. It is located 18.5 kilometers from Pilottown and serves as the rear marker for the outermost range guiding vessels into the river.
Why it matters: This range light is the outermost navigational aid for ships entering the Mississippi River, establishing the initial alignment for passage through Southwest Pass.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Fixed
- Light Color
- White
- Raw Code
- F W
- Focal Height
- 20m
- Geographic Range
- 13.2NM
Location
- Country
- 🇺🇸United States
- Region
- Louisiana
- Sea Region
- Mississippi River entrance, marking the outermost range for ships entering the river, located just inside the west jetty on the west side of the entrance.
- Latitude
- 28.9134°
- Longitude
- -89.4317°
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 20m
- Tower Shape
- skeletal
- Tower Color
- red and white checkerboard pattern (daymark)
- Material
- steel
Structure: A 20m square skeletal tower, mounted on a square platform supported by piles, carrying a red and white checkerboard diamond-shaped daymark.
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Pilottown(18.5 km)
- Admiralty No.
- J3722.1
- USCG No.
- 4-12690
- ARLHS No.
- USA-779
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