Whale Rock Light was a sparkplug lighthouse marking Whale Rock, a dangerous island in the entrance to the West Passage of Narragansett Bay in Washington County, Rhode Island.[1][2]
The rock is now marked by Whale Rock Lighted Gong Buoy 3.[3]
^"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Rhode Island". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
^Rowlett, Russ (2009-10-03). "Lighthouses of Rhode Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
^Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey(PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2013. p. 177.
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