Holland Island Bar Light
The Holland Island Bar Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay which existed from 1889 to 1960. It is remembered for the unexplained death of one of its keepers, and for being "attacked" by United States Navy pilots during a training exercise.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Coastline
- Description: lighthouse in Maryland, United States
- Also known as: “Holland Island Bar Lighthouse”
Holland Island Bar Light
- Categories: lighthouse, building, and landform
- Location: Dorchester County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.0687° or 38° 4′ 7″ north
Longitude
-76.0957° or 76° 5′ 45″ west
Open location code
87C53W93+FP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Holland Island Bar Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Holland Island Bar”
- French: “Phare de Holland Island Bar”
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