This lighthouse is located 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) southwest of Key West, Florida, between Sand Key Channel and Rock Key Channel, two of the channels into Key West. It is located on a reef that is intermittently covered by sand. At times the key has been substantial enough to have trees, and in 1900 nine to twelve thousand terns nested on the island. At other times the island has been washed away completely.
Location: southwest of Key West, Florida
Year first lit: 1853
Automated: 1938
Deactivated: 1989-1998
Foundation: cast iron screw piling
Construction: cast iron
Tower shape: square pyramidal skeletal tower
Focal height: 109 feet (33 m)
Original lens: first order Fresnel lens
Range: White 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi), Red 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi)
Characteristic: Flashing (2) white 15s with red sectors
In order to get the correct coordinates, please choose which lighthouse this is:
A) Pulaski Shoal Lighthouse - N29° 22.068 W81° 47.286
B) Alligator Reef Lighthouse - N29° 21.478 W81° 47.186
C) Sand Key Lighthouse - N29° 20.718 W81° 47.062
To learn more about Florida Lighthouses, please visit the link below:
Lighthouse Friends, Florida Lighthouses: http://www.lighthousefriends.com/fl.html
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