Maritime Sentinels

Maritime Sentinels (HMN79)

Location: Barnegat Light, NJ 08006 Ocean County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 45.812', W 74° 6.385'

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— Maritime History —

Primary seacoast lights were located to warn mariners of their proximity to land, areas of danger, and to help set their course. Sandy Hook and Navesink Twin Lights marked the entrance to New York Harbor. Cape May and Cape Henlopen Lighthouses marked the entrance to the Delaware Bay.

By 1852 lighthouses and lightships often looked so much alike that it was difficult to distinguish one from another. Today, each lighthouse has a "characteristic" or coded sequence of light flashes making it possible for the mariner to identify the light and its location along the coast. For example, Barnegat Light's "characteristic" was a flash every ten seconds at each point of the compass.

Each lighthouse is also designed or painted in a distinctive pattern, called a "daymark," which makes it easy to identify by day. Absecon Lighthouse is painted yellow-black-yellow so mariners will not mistake it for any other lighthouse. Some lighthouses, especially those located on dangerous shoals, are also equipped with fog signals to warn mariners of potential danger.
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HM NumberHMN79
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Placed ByState of New Jersey Division of Parks & Forestry and National Park System
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Date Added Sunday, October 19th, 2014 at 8:57pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 576539 N 4401894
Decimal Degrees39.76353333, -74.10641667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 45.812', W 74° 6.385'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 45' 48.72" N, 74° 6' 23.10" W
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Area Code(s)609
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1-31 Maritime Forest Trail, Barnegat Light NJ 08006, US
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