United States Coast Guard Station Lighthouse

South Bass Island Light is a lighthouse on the southern end of its eponymous island in Lake Erie. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 5, 1990 and is thought to be the only lighthouse in the United States owned by a university - Ohio State.

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Type: Lighthouse
Description: lighthouse in Ohio, United States
Also known as: “South Bass Island Light” and “South Bass Island Lighthouse”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Put in Bay Airport and Starve Island.

Put in Bay Airport

Aerodrome

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Put-in-Bay Airport is a public airport located in Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The approach to Runway 21 is complicated by Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, which is almost exactly in line with the runway; pilots are asked to respect special procedures to avoid the monument.

Starve Island

Islet

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Starve Island is an island of the U.S. state of Ohio located in Lake Erie. The 2-acre island is about a mile south of South Bass Island. In normal weather conditions it is visible for only a mile or two, as some rocks and a few shrubs poking up from the lake, and is the second smallest of the Lake Erie Islands.

Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial

Scenic viewpoint

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Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial is a 352-foot tall column and U.S. national memorial in Put-in-Bay, Ohio, built to commemorate the Battle of Lake Erie that took place near South Bass Island. Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial is situated 2½ miles northeast of United States Coast Guard Station Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Put-in-Bay and Catawba Island.

Put-in-Bay

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Put-in-Bay is a resort village 3 mi offshore of mainland Ohio on Lake Erie. Put-in-Bay is a village on South Bass Island, but the name commonly is used to refer to the entire island.

Catawba Island

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Catawba Island is part of the Ottawa County peninsula. Catawba Island is one of 12 townships that make up Ottawa County, Ohio. It is commonly referred to as Catawba and Catawba Island, although it is no longer an island as the water separating it from the mainland has been diverted.

Middle Bass

Hamlet

Middle Bass is an unincorporated community in Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. It is the only community on Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43446. Middle Bass is situated 4 miles north of United States Coast Guard Station Lighthouse.

United States Coast Guard Station Lighthouse

Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Township of Put-in-Bay, Ottawa, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.6289° or 41° 37′ 44″ north

Longitude

-82.84131° or 82° 50′ 29″ west

Elevation

591 feet (180 metres)

Open location code

86HVJ5H5+HF

OpenStreetMap ID

node 491516361

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

GeoNames ID

5174797

Wikidata ID

Q429869

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