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Freeport Harbor Outbound Range Front Light

ARLHS USA-1462

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Located in United States Of America Call Area

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Also Known As:
ARLHS USA 1462, USA-1462, USA 1462
State or Province Texas
Coordinates
DD.DD: 28.94330, -95.30270
DM: 28° 56.598' N, 095° 18.162' W
DMS: 28° 56' 36" N, 095° 18' 10" W
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Structure removed, relocated, destroyed or otherwise lost? no
Listed in the World List of Lights since
2020-12-02
Government Publication Number(s): NOAA/USCG No. 27005

25 ft front range light on skeleton tower; Quick flashing red light; structure also has red and white day boards mounted on it. Visible 2 degrees each side of the rangeline.

https://navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=lightlists (click on District 8; then go to page 237; see Light No. 27005.

Light is also shown on NOAA/USCG Chart No. 11322

This is the front range light leading out of Freeport Harbor (Dow Chemical + other petrochemical companies). This channel empties directly into the Gulf of Mexico and is not part of the Houston-Galveston-Texas City shipping lanes.

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This record modified December 02, 2020. - Feedback to the WLOL Maintainer

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2024-03-102024-03-10W1XQ/P
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