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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
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
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
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.
Green Island
Islet
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Green Island is a small 17-acre island of the U.S. state of Ohio, in Lake Erie. It is located approximately three miles southwest of Put-in-Bay. It is part of Put-in-Bay Township, in Ottawa County. Green Island is situated 1½ miles northwest of United States Coast Guard Station Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass.
Put-in-Bay
Photo: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
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.
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″ northLongitude
-82.84131° or 82° 50′ 29″ westElevation
591 feet (180 metres)Open location code
86HVJ5H5+HFOpenStreetMap ID
node 491516361OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“United States Coast Guard Station Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de l’île Bass Sud”
- French: “Phare de l’île Bass Sud”
- German: “South Bass Island Light”
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