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Harbor of Refuge Light

DE · Active aid to navigation

No access information published

Those records publish navigation and historic data only — no visitor-access information — so none is shown. Access, if any, is set by the owner or operator.

Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid · Checked 2026-11-12

Owner / operator: U.S. Coast Guard (active aid to navigation)

The light

LocationDE (Sussex County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number1530
Light characteristicFl W 10s
Height of light above water72 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite conical tower, on black cylindrical substructure.
Position38.81452, -75.09240 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkRed from 325° to 351°, covers Hen and Chicken Shoal, and 127° to 175° covers Brown Shoals. HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si) Structure maintained by entity outside the U.S. Coast Guard.

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data).

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