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| Location | Aquinnah, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°20′54.4″N 70°50′5.8″W / 41.348444°N 70.834944°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1799 |
| Foundation | Granite stone on cement |
| Construction | Brick and sandstone |
| Automated | 1960 |
| Height | 15.5 m (51 ft)  |
| Shape | Conical |
| Markings | Red brick with black lantern |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place, America's Most Endangered Places |
| Fog signal | none |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1856 (current structure) |
| Focal height | 170 feet (52 m) |
| Lens | First order Fresnel lens (original), DCB-224 (current) |
| Range | White 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) Red 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) |
| Characteristic |  Alt WR 15s |
Gay Head Light | |
| Location | Lighthouse Rd., Aquinnah, Massachusetts |
| Area | 2 acres (1ha) |
| Built | 1856 |
| MPS | Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001464[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 15, 1987 |
Gay Head Light is a historic lighthouse located on Martha's Vineyard westernmost point off of Lighthouse Road in Aquinnah, Massachusetts.[2][3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-09-05. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 8.
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