List of lighthouses in the United States territories explained

The following is a list of lighthouses in four of the major territories of the United States. Most of the lights listed here have been modernized to be automated beacons on small steel towers or posts. There are just two known surviving lighthouses that held keepers, both of which are now inactive. Information for any given lighthouse may also be incomplete due to a lack of records and/or unreliable information.

Lighthouses

NameImageLocationCoordinatesYear builtYear deactivatedFocal HeightNGA
number[1]
Admiralty
number
Apra Outer Harbor Range Front LightN/AGuam
(Apra Harbor)
13.4564°N 144.6666°W039 39feet10983M8386
Apra Outer Harbor Range Rear LightN/AGuam
(Apra Harbor)
13.4571°N 144.6721°WActive[2] 066 66feet10983.1M8386.1
Aunu'u LightbeaconN/AAmerican Samoa
(Aunu'u)
-14.2806°N -170.5479°W2014[3] 025 25feet3084ex-K4588
Breakers Point LightbeaconN/AAmerican Samoa
(Tutuila)
-14.2898°N -170.6635°WActive190 190feet3088K4576
Buck Island LightN/AVirgin Islands
(Buck Island)
18.2782°N -64.8927°W1913[4] (First)
1990s (Current)
Active139 139feet[5] 14632J5628
Fort Luise Augusta LightN/AVirgin Islands
(Christiansted)
17.7549°N -64.6941°W1857 (First)
1919 (Current)
1931046 45feet14664J5642
Glass Beakwater LightN/AGuam
(Piti)
13.4548°N 144.6245°WActive059 59feet10984M8386.2
Hams Bluff LightVirgin Islands
(Saint Croix)
17.7688°N 64.8719°W1915[6] (First)
2010 (Current)
Active394 394feet14656J5640
Japanese Lighthouse
(aka: Garapan Light)[7]
Northern Mariana
Islands

(Saipan)
15.2118°N 145.7316°W19341944
Orote Point LightN/AGuam
(Point Udall)
13.4458°N 144.6195°W1929 (First)
N/A (Current)
Active226 226feet10982M8384
Pago Pago Range Front LighthbeaconN/AAmerican Samoa
(Pago Pago)
-14.2689°N -170.6742°W1901 (First)
N/A (Current)
Active037 37feet3092K4580
Pago Pago Range Rear LighthbeaconN/AAmerican Samoa
(Pago Pago)
-14.2677°N -170.6748°W1901 (First)
N/A (Current)
Active182 182feet3096 K4580.1
Ritidian Point LightN/AGuam
(Ritidian Point)
13.6501°N 144.8618°W1932 (First)
N/A (Current)
Active574 574feet10981 M8382
Savana Island LightN/AVirgin Islands
(Savana Island)
18.3375°N -65.0832°WActive300 300feet14604J5610

See also

Notes

A. While the first build date is unknown, the light appeared on a 1922 list which describes it as a 13feet white square pyramidal tower.[3]

B. While the first build date is unknown, the light appeared on a 1922 list which describes it as a 16feet white square pyramidal tower.[3]

C. The focal height shown here is for the modern structure put into place (steel tower or post).

D. A modern light was mounted on a 17feet skeleton tower next to the house. The focal height of this tower is 45feet.

Notes and References

  1. Retrieved 23 October 2016
  2. October 20, 2017.
  3. October 20, 2017.
  4. Web site: Buck Island Light, U.S. Virgin Islands. University of North Carolina. October 20, 2017.
  5. October 20, 2017.
  6. Web site: Ham's Bluff Light, U.S. Virgin Islands. University of North Carolina. October 20, 2017.
  7. Web site: Garapan Light, Saipan. University of North Carolina. October 20, 2017.