Navassa Island Light
 The light in 1999 | |
| Location | Navassa Island, HT |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 18°24′1″N 75°0′39″W / 18.40028°N 75.01083°WCoordinates: 18°24′1″N 75°0′39″W / 18.40028°N 75.01083°W |
| Year first constructed | 1917 |
| Year first lit | 1917 |
| Automated | 1929 |
| Deactivated | 1996 |
| Foundation | Stone |
| Construction | Concrete |
| Tower shape | Conical with buttresses |
| Markings / pattern |
Tower: unpainted lantern: black |
| Height | 162 feet (49 m) |
| Focal height | 395 feet (120 m) |
| Original lens | 2nd order Fresnel lens |
| Admiralty number | formerly J5362 |
| ARLHS number |
NAV-001 [1][2][3] |
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 Haiti 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.[3]
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 US lights.
References
- ↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: West Indies / Virgin Islands". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Navassa Island Lighthouse". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Navassa Island". U.S. Geologic Survey.