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Buzzards Bay Entrance Light

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located in open water at the entrance to Buzzards Bay, about four nautical miles west southwest of
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Tower, on red square on 3 piles with large tube in center
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Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Coordinates
41°23′49.2″N 71°2′4.9″W / 41.397000°N 71.034694°W / 41.397000; -71.034694
Fog signal
Racon
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Characteristic
lighthouse
Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts
racon
Texas Tower
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Texas Tower


"Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts"
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Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey
United States Coast Guard
"Lighthouses of the United States: Southeast Massachusetts"
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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