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Ten Pound Island Light

Gloucester, MA · 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

LocationGloucester, MA (Essex County)
StatusActive aid to navigation (USCG AtoN file)
Light List number9895
Light characteristicIso R 6s
Height of light above water30 ft (USCG AtoN)
StructureWhite conical tower
Position42.60187, -70.66556 (federal record; not for navigation)
Coast Guard remarkHORN: 2 blasts ev 20s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-14s si). 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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