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Oakland Harbor Light

Lighthouse · Alameda County, California

Public Domain statement here; http://www.uscg.mil/history/CG_Photo_Index.asp Oakland Harbor Light is a lighthouse in Embarcadero Cove, California.
Public Domain statement here; http://www.uscg.mil/history/CG_Photo_Index.asp Oakland Harbor Light is a lighthouse in Embarcadero Cove, California. · United States Coast Guard / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Oakland Harbor Light is a lighthouse in Alameda County, California. California has 52 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.

Its light sits 85 feet above the water; the light characteristic is recorded as Fl W 5s (a white flash every 5 seconds), with a range of about 14 nautical miles; it guards San Francisco Bay; it was deactivated in 1966.

It stands at 37.7813° N, 122.2440° W.

Key facts

Focal height85 ft
Light characteristicFl W 5s
Range14 nautical miles
Deactivated1966
Body of waterSan Francisco Bay
Coordinates37.78130, -122.24400

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