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Great Shoals Light was a screw-pile lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Wicomico River. This light was constructed to mark a narrow channel...

The Thomas Point Shoal Light, also known as Thomas Point Shoal Light Station, is a historic lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay on the east coast of the...

the Stratford Shoals lightship was named LV-15; previously it had been known as "Middle Ground floating light", "Stratford Shoal Light Vessel," or "Stratford...

600 known shipwrecks in the Great Barrier Reef region. On 3 April 2010, the bulk coal carrier Shen Neng 1 ran aground on Douglas Shoals, spilling up to four...

Sandy Point Shoal Light is a brick three story lighthouse on a caisson foundation that was erected in 1883. It lies about 0.6 mi (0.97 km) off Sandy Point...

Muscle Shoals Sound Studio is an American recording studio in Sheffield, Alabama, formed in 1969 by four session musicians known as The Muscle Shoals Rhythm...

The Sharkfin Shoal Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located at the mouth of the Nanticoke River in Chesapeake Bay, US. This light was constructed in...

Service. The French Frigate Shoals are about 487 nautical miles (902 km; 560 mi) northwest of Honolulu. Among the shoals are Tern, which is unique in...

The Lansing Shoals Light Station is a lighthouse located in northeastern Lake Michigan, 6.3 miles (10.1 km) southeast of Point Patterson, in Newton Township...

The Point of Shoals Light was a lighthouse located in the James River in Virginia. The first request for a light to mark the shoal at this bend in the...

Hopkins University Press. pp. 30–33. Media related to Thimble Shoals lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Project - Thimble Shoal Light...

mounted on the old foundation. Mathias Point Shoal Light Chesapeake Chapter, USLHS page "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland"...

Gravelly Shoals Light is an automated lighthouse that is an active aid to navigation on the shallow shoals extending southeast from Point Lookout on the...

The Seven Foot Knoll Light was built in 1855 and is the oldest screw-pile lighthouse in Maryland. It was located atop Seven Foot Knoll in the Chesapeake...

The Sharps Island Light is the third lighthouse to stand nearly 3 miles (5 km) south-southwest from the southern end of Tilghman Island in Maryland's...

The Brandywine Shoal Light is a lighthouse on the north side of the ship channel in Delaware Bay on the east coast of the United States, west of Cape...

Fort Carroll Light is a derelict lighthouse consisting of a short wooden tower on the walls of its namesake fortifications in the Patapsco River. The...

(PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Greenbury Point Shoals Light, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society...

The Deepwater Shoals Light was a lighthouse located in the James River upstream from Newport News, Virginia. This light was erected in 1855 to mark the...

1825, the federal government decided that a light was needed at Point Lookout to warn ships of the shoals and to mark the entrance to the Potomac River...

East Charity Shoal Light is an offshore lighthouse located near the Saint Lawrence River's entrance in northeastern Lake Ontario, due south of the city...

The Bodkin Island Light (or Bodkin Point Light) was a lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay, United States, the first erected in Maryland. The lighthouse was...

The Trinity Shoal Light was a planned lighthouse meant to be constructed on Trinity Shoal in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. Had it been...

The Hooper Island Light is a lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay, west of Middle Hooper Island in Maryland. The initial request of a light at this site was...

Hooper Strait Light is one of four surviving Chesapeake Bay screw-pile lighthouses in the U.S. state of Maryland. Originally located in Hooper Strait...

or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, rocks, and safe entries to harbors; they also assist in aerial navigation...

December 1976. Until 1983, the edge of the shoals was guarded by the Nantucket Lightship. Nantucket Shoals is made up of the following features: Asia...

Hatteras Lighthouse was constructed in 1802. The Cape Hatteras light marked very dangerous shoals that extend from the cape for a distance of 10 nautical miles...