Los Angeles Main Channel Range Front Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Los Angeles Main Channel Range Front Lighthouse
This 13-meter-tall skeletal tower guides vessels entering the inner Los Angeles Harbor from the sea. Constructed as a square cylindrical skeletal tower topped with a lantern, it stands directly in the water. Its focal height matches the tower's height, and it emits a quick-flashing yellow light. Situated 0.3 kilometers from San Pedro Harbor, this aid to navigation has a geographic range of 11.3 nautical miles.
Why it matters: This range front light is indispensable for the safe navigation of large commercial vessels entering the inner Los Angeles Harbor, one of the busiest container ports globally. It forms a critical part of a range system, aligning ships precisely within the narrow, deep-water channel, thereby preventing groundings and collisions in a high-traffic area.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Quick
- Light Color
- Yellow
- Raw Code
- Q Y
- Focal Height
- 13m
- Geographic Range
- 11.3NM
Location
- City
- Los Angeles
- Country
- 🇺🇸United States
- Region
- California
- Sea Region
- Inner Los Angeles Harbor, just offshore at the head of the channel, guiding ships.
- Latitude
- 33.7194°
- Longitude
- -118.2715°
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 13m
- Tower Shape
- skeletal
Structure: A 13m square cylindrical skeletal tower with a lantern.
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- San Pedro Harbor(0.3 km)
- Admiralty No.
- G3800
- USCG No.
- 6-3122
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