Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Cape Hatteras Light is a lighthouse located on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks in the town of Buxton, North Carolina and is part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Henryhartley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Jackurtz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: lighthouse in North Carolina, United States
- Also known as: “Cape Hatteras Light Station” and “Cape Hatteras Lighth”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buxton.
Buxton
Hamlet
Photo: Vbofficial, Public domain.
Buxton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place on Hatteras Island near Cape Hatteras. It is located in Dare County in the U.S. state of North Carolina.
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
- Categories: lighthouse, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Hatteras Township, Dare, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.25054° or 35° 15′ 2″ northLongitude
-75.52882° or 75° 31′ 44″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Inception
1870Height
210 feet (64 metres)Operator
National Park ServiceOpen location code
87767F2C+6FOpenStreetMap ID
way 295324032OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=maritimeOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noGeoNames ID
4459164Wikidata ID
Q2508238
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Cape Hatteras Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “منارة كيب هاتيراس”
- Catalan: “Faro de Cabo Hatteras”
- French: “Cap Hatteras Light Station”
- French: “Phare de Cape Hatteras”
- French: “phare du cap Hatteras”
- French: “Phare du cap Hatteras”
- French: “Phare du Cape Hatteras”
- German: “Cape Hatteras Lighthouse”
- Hebrew: “מגדלור כף האטרס”
- Japanese: “ハッテラス岬灯台”
- Portuguese: “Farol do Cabo Hatteras”
- Russian: “Маяк мыса Хаттерас”
- Russian: “Маяк Хаттерас”
- Russian: “Хаттерас”
- Spanish: “Faro de Cabo Hatteras”
- Swedish: “Cape Hatteras fyr”
- Ukrainian: “Маяк мису Гаттерас”
- Vietnamese: “Ngọn hải đăng Cape Hatteras”
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