The Sharkfin Shoal Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located at the mouth of the Nanticoke River in Chesapeake Bay, US.

Sharkfin Shoal Light

Location	Southwest of Clay Island at the mouth of the Nanticoke River
Coordinates	38.2020°N 75.9868°W / 38.2020; -75.9868
Tower
Constructed	1892
Foundation	screw-pile
Construction	cast-iron/wood
Height	44 feet (13 m)
Shape	hexagonal house
Light
First lit	1892
Deactivated	1964
Focal height	13.5 m (44 ft)
Lens	fourth-order Fresnel lens
Characteristic	white 6 sec flash with red sector

History

This light was constructed in 1892 to replace the Clay Island Light to the northeast. In 1964, the house was dismantled and a skeleton tower light placed on the foundation.

References

• "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maryland" (PDF). United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
• Sharkfin Shoal Light, from the Chesapeake Chapter of the United States Lighthouse Society
• de Gast, Robert (1973). The Lighthouses of the Chesapeake. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 165.

External links

• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Maryland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.