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CAPE KUMUKAHI LIGHT

State: HAWAII
Location: EASTERNMOST POINT HAWAII ISLAND
Nearest City: PAHOA
County: HAWAII
U.S.C.G. District: 14
Year Station Established: 1929

 Cape Kumukaki Light
Photo courtesy Ted Smith
Existing Historic Tower:
  • Year Light First Lit: 1934
  • Is the Light Operational? YES
  • Date Deactivated:
  • Automated: 1960
  • Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
  • Construction Materials: STEEL
  • Markings/Patterns: WHITE
  • Shape: SKELETAL PYRAMIDAL
  • Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
  • Tower Height: 125
  • Original Optic: 375 MM
  • Year Original Lens Installed: 1929
  • Present Optic: DCB-24
  • Year Present Lens Installed: 1934
  • Height of Focal Plane: 156
  • Fresnel Lens Disposition:
  • Has tower been moved? NO
Previous Tower(s):
  • 1. Construction Date:
  • Description:
  • Fate/Disposition:
Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DESTROYED BY VOLCANIC ERUPTION)

Other Structures: DESTROYED BY VOLCANIC ERUPTION

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? UNKNOWN

Web Site:

National Register Status: NONE; Reference # 0
Name of Listing:
On State List/Inventory? NO; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:



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