Five Fingers Light
The Five Finger Islands Light is a lighthouse located on a small island that lies between Stephens Passage and Frederick Sound in southeastern Alaska. It and Sentinel Island Light Station were the first U.S. government lighthouses opened in Alaska, first lit on March 21, 1902.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Alaska, United States
- Also known as: “Five Finger Islands Light”, “Five Finger Islands Lighthouse”, and “Five Finger Lighthouse”
Five Fingers Light
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Petersburg Borough, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
57.27039° or 57° 16′ 13″ north
Longitude
-133.63155° or 133° 37′ 54″ west
Inception
1935
Height
59 feet (18 metres)
Operator
U.S. Coast Guard
Open location code
949879C9+59
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=lighthouse
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Five Fingers Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare des îles Five Finger”
- French: “Phare des îles Five Finger”
- German: “Five Finger Islands Lighthouse”
- Italian: “Faro dell’isola di Five Finger”
- Russian: “Маяк островов Файв Фингерс”
- Russian: “Маяк островов Файв-Фингер”
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