BB Lightship and Tower
East Coast USCG Lightship/Lightstations

Background information regarding the lightship data
Compiled by K. Elder,
Quality Assurance Coordinator,National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility


Mt. Desert Rock Light Station 43° 58.1' N 68° 07.7' W   Surface
Portland Lightship 43° 31.6' N 70° 05.5' W   150 ft   46 m
Boston Lightship 42° 20.4' N 70° 45.5' W   96 ft    32m
Nantucket Shoals Lightship 40° 33' 00.0'' N 69° 28' 00.0'' W  192 ft
Georges Shoal, Texas Tower #2 41° 41' 16.3'' N 67° 45' 36.2'' W 56 ft
Woods Hole 41° 31'' N 70° 40'' W Surface
Buzzards Lightship /
Buzzards Tower/Light Station
41° 24' N 71° 03' W 
41° 23.8' N 71° 02.1' W
 74 ft 
19 m
Ambrose Channel Lightship 40° 27.1' N 73° 49.4' W 95 ft    29 m
Barnegat Lightship 39° 45.8' N 73° 56' W  72 ft    24 m
Five Fathom Bank Lightship 38° 47.3' N 74° 34.6' W  87 ft    24 m
Delaware Lightship 38° 27.2' N 74° 35.1' W  105 ft    30 m
Winter Quarter Lightship 37° 55.1' N 74° 56' W  75-96 ft 
Chesapeake Light Ship/
Chesapeake Light Station
36° 58.07' N 75° 42.2' W
36° 54.3' N 75° 42.8' W
65 ft    20 m
12 m
Diamond Shoal Lightship /
Diamond Shoal Light Station
 35° 5.3' N 75° 19.7' W
 35° 9.2' N 75° 17.8' W
 200 ft    55 m
 16 m
Frying Pan Shoals Light Ship/
Frying Pan Shoals Light Station
33° 28' N 77° 33.1' W
33° 29' N 77° 35.5' W
62-82 ft   21 m
14 m

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