Old Point Comfort Light - ARLHS USA-567

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Also Known As: ARLHS USA 567, USA-567, USA 567
State or Province	Virginia
Lighthouse Coordinates (DO NOT USE FOR MARINE NAVIGATION) 37.00178, -76.30643 37° 0.107' N, 076° 18.386' W 37° 00' 06" N, 076° 18' 23" W
Map Link - KML
Maidenhead Coordinates aka 'Gridsquare' FM17ua
Structure removed, relocated, destroyed or otherwise lost?	no
Listed in the World List of Lights since 2006-06-01
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=444 Admiralty J1420; USCG 2-9380. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Point_Comfort_Light http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/va.htm http://www.cheslights.org/heritage/op-comfort.htm http://www.virginia.org/lighthouses/

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Start Date	End Date	Callsign	Notes
2018-02-02	2018-02-02	KD3CQ/	On Fort Monroe(Hampton, VA) -no longer a U S Army base w/ controlled access but now a National Monument & easy to visit; see Fort Wool USA-1061 directly across the river and USA-842 Thimble Shoal from the other side of the bulwarks/embankments. Dan KD3CQ
2012-02-03	2012-02-03	KD3CQ/4
2010-02-20	2010-02-20	KD3CQ/4
2006-08-19	2006-08-20	AD7MI
2006-05-27	2006-05-28	W4M
2006-02-04	2006-02-04	KD7PJQ

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