Deactivated 1996 Construction concrete tower Opened 1917 Automated 1929 | Foundation stone basement Height 49 m Focal height 120 m Year first constructed 1917 | |
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Location Navassa IslandCaribbean Sea Tower shape tapered cylindrical tower with buttresses, balcony and lantern Markings / pattern white unpainted towerblack lantern | ||
Navassa Island Light is a deactivated lighthouse on Navassa Island, which lies in the Caribbean Sea at the south end of the Windward Passage between the islands of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) to the east and Cuba and Jamaica to the west. It is on the shortest route between the east coast of the United States and the Panama Canal. The light was built in 1917 and deactivated in 1996. The light is gradually deteriorating from lack of maintenance. The keepers' house is roofless and in ruins.
The importance of the light before the advent of GPS is evident in the fact that it has the twelfth-highest tower and fourth-highest focal plane of all U.S. lights.
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Navassa Island Light Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA