Moose Peak Light
Moose Peak Light is a lighthouse on Mistake Island, just east of Great Wass Island, Maine at the southern entrance to Eastern Bay and five nautical miles southeast of Jonesport.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: lighthouse in Maine, United States
- Also known as: “Moose Peak Light Shalen’s New Home” and “Moose Peak Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mistake Island.
Mistake Island
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Mistake Island is an island in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Maine. The island contains little vegetation. Mistake Island has been noted for its unusual place name. Moose Peak Light stands high atop Mistake Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beals and Jonesport.
Beals
Village
Photo: Brian W. Schaller, FAL.
Beals is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States, located on an island opposite Jonesport. The town was named after Manwarren Beal, an early settler. The population was 443 at the 2020 census. Beals is situated 5 miles northwest of Moose Peak Light.
Jonesport
Jonesport is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,245 at the 2020 census. Jonesport is a fishing and lobstering town. It contains the villages or hamlets of Jonesport, Mason Bay, Monsapec, and West Jonesport.
Moose Peak Light
- Category: lighthouse
- Location: Town of Jonesport, Washington, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.47435° or 44° 28′ 28″ northLongitude
-67.53201° or 67° 31′ 55″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Inception
1851Open location code
87PJFFF9+P5OpenStreetMap ID
way 477502693OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouseGeoNames ID
4972519Wikidata ID
Q15256004
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In Other Languages
From French to Malayalam—“Moose Peak Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Moose Peak”
- French: “Phare de Moose Peak”
- Malayalam: “മൂസ് പീക്ക് ലൈറ്റ്”
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