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Frying Pan Shoals Light

Lighthouse · North Carolina

The U.S. Coast Guard Frying Pan Lightship and Frying Pan Shoals Light, circa in 1965. The lightship was replaced after 34 years of service.
The U.S. Coast Guard Frying Pan Lightship and Frying Pan Shoals Light, circa in 1965. The lightship was replaced after 34 years of service. · U.S. Department of Defense / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Frying Pan Shoals Light is a lighthouse in North Carolina. North Carolina has 18 lighthouses on record at Wayfarrow.

It guards North Atlantic Ocean; it was deactivated in 2003.

It stands at 33.4833° N, 77.5833° W.

Key facts

Deactivated2003
Body of waterNorth Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates33.48333, -77.58333

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