Cape St. Elias Light
Lighthouse on Kayak Island in Alaska, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cape St. Elias Light is a lighthouse on Kayak Island in Alaska.
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Location | Cape St. Elias Kayak Island Alaska United States |
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Coordinates | 59°47′54″N 144°35′56″W |
Tower | |
Foundation | rock |
Construction | concrete tower |
Automated | 1974 |
Height | 55 feet (17 m) |
Shape | square tower at one corner of fog signal building. |
Markings | art deco architecture white tower, red lantern |
Power source | solar power |
Operator | Cape St. Elias Lighthouse Keepers Association[1] [2] |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
Light | |
First lit | 1916 |
Focal height | 85 feet (26 m) |
Lens | Third-order Fresnel lens (original), VRB-25 aerobeacon (current) |
Range | 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 10s. obscured from 160° to 287° and from 018.5 to 027° emergency light (Fl W 6s) of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. |
Cape St. Elias Lighthouse | |
Alaska Heritage Resources Survey
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Nearest city | Katalla, Alaska |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1915 |
NRHP reference No. | 75002157[3] |
AHRS No. | XMI-003 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 18, 1975 |
Designated AHRS | 1970 |
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