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Portland Head Light

lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States
Place Lighthouse Q2105159

Facts

16 properties

Designation

Instance of
lighthouse
Heritage designation
National Register of Historic Places listed place, Historic Civil Engineering Landmark[10][11]

Location

Country
United States[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 43.623°, -70.208°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Cape Elizabeth[1]

Period and style

Inception
January 1791[5]
Height
+24.38[13]
Made from material
stone[4]
Significant event
automatization[7]
More facts +7
Focal height
+31[14]
Light characteristic
Fl W 4s, FF WRG (secteurs)[8][9]
Lighthouse range
+24[15]
Located in or next to body of water
Gulf of Maine[3]
Native label
Portland Head Light[12]
Service entry
1791[6]
Type of lens
fourth order Fresnel lens[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Portland Head Light en Portland Head Lighthouse de Portland Head fr phare de Portland Head it Faro di Portland pl latarnia morska Portland Head ru Маяк Портленда sv Portland Head Lighthouse zh 波特蘭燈塔
🔖 Identifiers · 16
VIAF cluster ID
316746986
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Portland Headlight 1.JPG ↗
ARLHS lighthouse ID
USA661
ASCE Historical Civil Engineering Landmark ID
portland-head-light
Admiralty number
J0206
BabelNet ID
03473816n
Brooklyn Museum artwork ID
104343
Emporis building ID
244036
Freebase ID
/m/02ymvk
GeoNames ID
6297473
Google Maps Customer ID
12704858849280520255
MarineTraffic Lighthouse ID
1000019687
Show all 16 identifiers +4
NRHP reference number
73000121
OpenStreetMap way ID
329793373
Structurae structure ID
20014645
USCG lighthouse ID
1-7565
📚 Sources · 1
  • GeoNames as of 2026-09-26 · 1 statement · CC BY 4.0 CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.

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Elevation above sea levelP2044
23 m 2026-09-26 S/STNM · US GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
where from?
Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
1da92a6323a5fec3… admin1CodesASCII.txt +9 files
Transform
4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
🔗 Connections
Country 1
United States
Instance of 1
lighthouse
Located in or next to body of water 1
Gulf of Maine
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Cape Elizabeth
Made from material 1
stone
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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . structurae.net. Retrieved . structurae.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . structurae.net. Retrieved . structurae.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . structurae.net. Retrieved . structurae.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Repa40x · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Google Maps Customer ID → 12704858849280520255
    "Created claim: Google Maps Customer ID: 12704858849280520255, Add P3749 = 12704858849280520255"
  2. 15w ago · Edward · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OpenStreetMap way ID → 329793373
    Coordinate location → 43.623°, -70.208°
    Lighthouse range → 24 nautical mile
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Cape Elizabeth
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: OpenStreetMap way ID: 329793373, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1784991259232"
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