New Point Comfort Lighthouse
New Point Comfort Light is a lighthouse in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay, United States, off the tip of the Middle Peninsula. Finished in 1804, it is the third-oldest surviving light in the bay, and the tenth-oldest in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “New Point Comfort Light”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bavon and Motorun.
Bavon
Hamlet
Motorun
Hamlet
Motorun is an unincorporated community in Mathews County, in the U. S. state of Virginia. Motorun is situated 4½ km northwest of New Point Comfort Lighthouse.
New Point
Hamlet
New Point is an unincorporated community in Mathews County, in the U. S. state of Virginia. New Point is situated 5 km north of New Point Comfort Lighthouse.
New Point Comfort Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Mathews, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.30102° or 37° 18′ 4″ northLongitude
-76.27783° or 76° 16′ 40″ westOpen location code
87958P2C+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 6101360321OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
4775895Wikidata ID
Q7011017
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In Other Languages
“New Point Comfort Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de New Point Comfort”
- French: “Phare de New Point Comfort”
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