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South Pass Range Lights

Lighthouse · Plaquemines County, Louisiana

A 1945 photograph of the South Pass Light, Port Eads, Louisiana (USA), shot for the U.S. Coast Guard.
A 1945 photograph of the South Pass Light, Port Eads, Louisiana (USA), shot for the U.S. Coast Guard. · U.S. Federal Government / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

South Pass Range Lights is a lighthouse in Plaquemines County, Louisiana. Louisiana has 22 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow, 4 of them in Plaquemines County.

It was built in 1881, in the late 19th century, making it the 7th oldest of the 9 in Louisiana with a recorded construction date; its light sits 108 feet above the water; the light characteristic is recorded as Fl(5) W 60s (a group of 5 white flashes every 60 seconds), with a range of about 14 nautical miles; it guards Gulf of Mexico.

Status check, 2026-11: These coordinates are the 1881 iron skeletal South Pass (Range Rear) lighthouse, which is still active and was the only structure at Port Eads to survive Hurricane Katrina. Published heights disagree (105, 108 and 115 ft), and the 1947 front range tower no longer exists. It stands at 29.0153° N, 89.1669° W.

Key facts

Current structure built1881
Focal height108 ft
Light characteristicFl(5) W 60s
Range14 nautical miles
Body of waterGulf of Mexico
Coordinates29.01528, -89.16694

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Questions

Where is South Pass Range Lights?

South Pass Range Lights is in Plaquemines County, Louisiana, at 29.0153, -89.1669.

How many lighthouses are in Plaquemines County?

Plaquemines County, Louisiana has 4 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.

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