St. Esprit Island Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About St. Esprit Island Lighthouse
This steel lighthouse stands 10 meters tall on St. Esprit Island, with its focal plane at 24 meters. The tower, painted with red and white horizontal bands, is a square cylindrical skeletal design featuring an enclosed lower section and a daymark. Its white light emits a long flash. The lighthouse is operational and has a geographic range of 14.1 nautical miles. The site is open to the public, though the tower itself is closed.
Why it matters: This lighthouse serves to guide vessels navigating the waters around St. Esprit Island. Its distinctive red and white horizontal banding on a square cylindrical skeletal tower aids in identification.
Light & Optic
- Light Color
- white
- Interval
- 6s
- Raw Code
- L.Fl.W
- Focal Height
- 24m
- Geographic Range
- 14.1NM
Location
- City
- St. Esprit
- Country
- 🇨🇦Canada
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Sea Region
- St. Esprit Island, Canada
- Latitude
- 45.6218°
- Longitude
- -60.4891°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Arichat(23.2 km)
- Admiralty No.
- H3368
- NGA No.
- 9252
- ARLHS No.
- CAN-754
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 10m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- red and white horizontal bands
- Material
- steel
Structure: square cylindrical skeletal tower with an enclosed lower portion and a daymark colored with red and white horizontal bands
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
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