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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- 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″ northLongitude
-76.0958° or 76° 5′ 45″ westOpen location code
87C53W93+FPOpenStreetMap ID
way 870879019OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineWikidata ID
Q15224512
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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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