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Libby Island Light

Machiasport, ME · Active aid to navigation

No access information published

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Access source: Federal records checked: the U.S. Coast Guard AtoN / Light List record for this aid and its National Register of Historic Places record · Checked 2026-11-12

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

The light

LocationMachiasport, ME (Washington County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number1120
Light characteristicFl (2)W 20s
Height of light above water42 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite tower
National Register of Historic PlacesListed 6/18/1976 · Reference #76000117
Position44.56834, -67.36738 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkEmergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. HORN: 1 blast ev 15s (2s bl). MRASS-Fog signal is radio activated, during times of reduced visibility, turn marine VHF-FM radio to channel 83A/157.175Mhz. Key microphone 5 times consecutively, to activate fog signal for 60 minutes.

Sources

USCG AtoN file via NOAA MarineCadastre (USCG NAVCEN data); NPS National Register of Historic Places listed-properties database (nps.gov).

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