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Portland Head Light

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 · Checked 2026-11-12

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

The light

LocationME (Cumberland County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number7565
Height of light above water80 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite tower
Position43.62311, -70.20787 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkLighted throughout 24 hours.Emergency 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).

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