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Main Wharf and Seawall

Main Wharf and Seawall, seen from above at true elevation

Main Wharf and Seawall is a lighthouse in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Montague Peak stands 658 m to the west, 12 miles off. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 5.1 miles off. 5 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

The story

lighthouse in Alaska, United States

Dates from 1910.

Wikidata Q2268547, joined on its National Register reference.

What the record says

Built
1934
Material
concrete

How to reach it

Coordinates60.23919, -146.65152

5 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 2
  • Signal Mountain: 3.1 mi
  • Montague Peak: 12.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Main Wharf and Seawall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Montague PeakW 273°658 m12.5 mi
Signal MountainN 6°471 m3.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:0620:01
June solstice04:2021:5723:18
September equinox07:3218:5319:48
December solstice09:5213:2115:39

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Mean tidal range 8.85 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Cape Hinchinbrook, AK, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 05000728OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1091638301

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