Cape Spencer Light
The Cape Spencer Light is a lighthouse in Alaska, United States, next to the entrance to Cross Sound and Icy Strait. The light is still an active aid to navigation. It is located on an islet in the southernmost end of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Alaska, United States
- Also known as: “Cape Spencer Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cape Spencer.
Cape Spencer
Islet
Cape Spencer is a headland on the Alaska shore, at the side of the entrance to Cross Sound west of Juneau, Alaska. Located in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, it is the site of the Cape Spencer Light.
Cape Spencer Light
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hoonah-Angoon, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
58.19902° or 58° 11′ 57″ north
Longitude
-136.64035° or 136° 38′ 25″ west
Inception
1925
Height
30 feet (9 metres)
Operator
U.S. Coast Guard
Open location code
94C559X5+JV
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—“Cape Spencer Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare du cap Spencer”
- French: “Phare du cap Spencer”
- German: “Cape Spencer Lighthouse”
- Italian: “Faro di Capo Spencer”
- Polish: “Cape Spencer Light”
- Polish: “latarnia morska Cape Spencer”
- Russian: “Маяк мыса Спенсер”
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