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Name: Pass Island Light  

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Nearest Town or City:
Pass Island, Newfoundland, Canada

Location: South entrance to Hermitage Bay, south coast of Newfoundland.

Managing Organization:
Canadian Coast Guard

Tower Height: 31

Height of Focal Plane: 281

Characteristic and Range: White flash every 10 seconds; range 12 nautical miles.

Description of Tower: White skeleton tower.

This light is operational

Earlier Towers?
1879: Octagonal tower rising from one corner of a whitw wooden dwelling, 33 feet tall.

Date Established: 1879

Date Present Tower Built: ?

Fog Signal: Horn, three-second blast every 20 seconds.

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.


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