West Quoddy Head

West Quoddy Head is a cape in , , . West Quoddy Head is situated nearby to the neighborhood , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include West Quoddy Head Light and Lubec Channel Light.

Heritage site
Photo: Dupes, Public domain.
West Quoddy Head, in , , is the easternmost point of the contiguous . In 1808 a lighthouse was constructed at the site to guide ships through the Quoddy Narrows.

Lighthouse
is a sparkplug lighthouse in . Established in 1890, it is one of three surviving sparkplug lights in the state, and served as an important aid to navigation on the route from the to and the St.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lubec and Campobello Island.

Photo: DrStew82, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in the region of along the coast. is the easternmost town in the United States of America.

Photo: Leonora (Ellie) Enking, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an island in , . The island has no road connection to the rest of Canada except to deer island with a ferry; though there is a bridge connecting it to nearby Lubec, Maine in the United States.

West Quoddy Head

Latitude
44.81543° or 44° 48′ 56″ north
Longitude
-66.95973° or 66° 57′ 35″ west
Elevation
148 feet (45 metres)
Open location code
87PMR28R+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13258925563
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
4982705
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Satellite Map

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