Matinicus Rock Light Station
Matinicus Rock Light is a lighthouse on Matinicus Rock, a windswept rock 25 miles off the coast of Maine. It is one of eleven seacoast lights off the coast of Maine.
Photo: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Maine, United States
- Also known as: “Matinicus Rock Light” and “Matinicus Rock Lighthouse”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Criehaven and Matinicus Isle.
Criehaven
Hamlet
Criehaven is an alternative name for Ragged Island, an unorganized territory in Knox County, Maine, United States. Criehaven was formerly a plantation including Ragged Island just south of Matinicus Isle in outer Penobscot Bay, plus Matinicus Rock to its southeast, and Seal Island, the location of Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge, to its northeast. Criehaven is situated 4 miles northwest of Matinicus Rock Light Station.
Matinicus Isle
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Matinicus Rock Light Station
- Categories: heritage site, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.78348° or 43° 47′ 1″ north
Longitude
-68.85504° or 68° 51′ 18″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Inception
1857
Height
90 feet (27 metres)
Operator
U.S. Coast Guard
Open location code
87MHQ4MV+9X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=tower
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritage
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Matinicus Rock Light Station” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Matinicus Rock”
- French: “Phare de Matinicus Rock”
- Russian: “Маяк Матиникус Рок”
- Russian: “Маяк Матиникус-Рок”
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