Farallon Island Light
Farallon Island Light is a lighthouse on Southeast Farallon Island, California. One of the highest lights in California, it was constructed in 1855 to warn ships approaching San Francisco from the west away from the rocky islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in California, United States
- Also known as: “Farallon Island”, “Farallon Island Lighthouse”, and “Farallon Islands Light Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Southeast Farallon.
Southeast Farallon
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Farallon Islands, or Farallones, are a group of islands and sea stacks in the Gulf of the Farallones, off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States.
Farallon Island Light
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.699° or 37° 41′ 56″ northLongitude
-123.00165° or 123° 0′ 6″ westElevation
200 feet (61 metres)Open location code
849RMXXX+H8OpenStreetMap ID
way 232321619OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
8714215Wikidata ID
Q5434798
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Farallon Island Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare des îles Farallon”
- French: “Phare des îles Farallon”
- German: “Farallon Island Light Station”
- German: “Farallon Island Light”
- Swedish: “Farallon Island Light”
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