Navassa Island

Year Established:
1916
Existing:
Yes
Download:
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2021
Photo Credit:
Marco Farini
Photo Courtesy of:
US Lighthouse Society
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
WINDWARD PASSAGE/WEST INDIES
Latitude:
18° 24.1'
Longitude:
75° 1'
City / Town:
NEAR JAMAICA
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
1996
Year Tower Established:
1917
Tower Construction Material:
CONCRETE
Tower Foundation:
STONE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
395
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
162
Tower Shape:
CONICAL W/BUTTRESSES
Tower Daymark:
White
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
RUINS

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Current Optic:
190 MM, SOLAR POWERED
Original Optic Type:
SECOND ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1917
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017