Moose Peak Light

Moose Peak Light
Moose Peak Light
Moose Peak Lighthouse Maine.JPG
Location Mistake Island
Coordinates 44°28′28.487″N 67°31′55.166″W / 44.47457972°N 67.53199056°W / 44.47457972; -67.53199056Coordinates: 44°28′28.487″N 67°31′55.166″W / 44.47457972°N 67.53199056°W / 44.47457972; -67.53199056
Year first constructed 1827
Year first lit 1851 (current structure)
Automated 1972
Foundation Masonry and stone
Construction Brick
Tower shape Conical
Markings / pattern White with black trim
Focal height 72ft (22m)
Original lens 2nd order Fresnel lens
Current lens DCB-24
Range 20nm
Characteristic Fl W 30s
Fog signal HORN: 2 every 30s
Admiralty number J0028
ARLHS number USA-513
USCG number 1-1390

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Moose Peak Light is a lighthouse on Mistake Island, just east of Great Wass Island, Maine at the southern entrance to Eastern Bay and five nautical miles southeast of Jonesport. It was first established in 1827. The present structure was built in 1851.

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