Point Hueneme Light
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Location: | Santa Barbara Channel, California |
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Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) |
Latitude: 34.145
Longitude: -119.2098 |
Construction: | Concrete |
Year first lit: | 1941 |
Year first constructed: | 1874 |
Automated: | 1972 |
Tower shape: | Square |
Height: | 48 ft |
Original lens: | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
Current lens: | Fourth order Fresnel lens |
Characteristic: | flashing white |
Point Hueneme Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, United States, on the east entrance to the Santa Barbara Channel, California
[edit] History
Point Hueneme Light was built on the north side of the east entrance to the Santa Barbara Channel in 1874. The fourth-order Fresnel lens is still used in the original tower.