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Nantucket (Great Point) Light

MA · 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

LocationMA (Nantucket County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number545
Light characteristicFl W 5s
Height of light above water70 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureOn white tower
Position41.39018, -70.04828 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkRed from 084° to 106°. Covers Cross Rip and Tuckernuck Shoals.

Sources

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

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