Point Hueneme Light

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Point Hueneme Light
Location: Santa Barbara Channel, California
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.