New Point Comfort Lighthouse
Fl white🇺🇸Virginia, USInactive
Location & Light Range
About New Point Comfort Lighthouse
This octagonal iron tower, painted white, stands 18 meters tall and was completed in 1804. Its light has a focal height of 17.5 meters and emits a white flash. The lighthouse is located in the Virginia section of the Chesapeake Bay, near the end of the Middle Peninsula. It is no longer operational.
Why it matters: Completed in 1804, this structure is the third-oldest surviving lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Background
New Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay, United States, off the tip of the Middle Peninsula. Finished in 1804, it is the third-oldest surviving light in the bay, and the tenth-oldest in the United States.Light & Optic
Characteristic Signature
Fl white
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- white
- Flash Count
- 1 flash
- Raw Code
- Fl
- Focal Height
- 17.5m
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1804
- Heritage Status
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
References & Identifiers
- Admiralty No.
- J1616.5
- USCG No.
- 2-14077
- ARLHS No.
- USA-543
- Wikipedia
- Read on Wikipedia →
- Wikidata
- Q7011017 →
- OpenStreetMap
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Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 18m
- Tower Shape
- octagonal
- Tower Color
- white
- Material
- iron
Location
- City
- Virginia
- Country
- 🇺🇸US
- Latitude
- 37.3010°
- Longitude
- -76.2778°
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