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Navassa Island Light tower
Navassa Island Light, built for the Windward Passage route, was deactivated in 1996; keepers' housing and fabric have deteriorated with little maintenance on a remote, contested island.
Source Evidence
Heritage Journey
Navassa Island: Abandoned Above the Passage
A remote station deactivated and left to weather
Identity role
- Root identityNavassa Island: Abandoned Above the Passage
Navassa Island Light, built for the Windward Passage route, was deactivated in 1996; keepers' housing and fabric have deteriorated with little maintenance on a remote, contested island.
Direct relationships
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- Current hostNavassa Islandreviewed
- Located atNavassa Island1917reviewed
Navassa Island Light tower is anchored at Navassa Island for this research pilot.
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Story Projects
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- Navassa Island: A Station Left to Ruinlost_light_memory
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Attribution
"Navassa Island Light tower" · LUX-ASSET-000679 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000679/
Citation
LUX Light Archive, Heritage asset: "Navassa Island Light tower", LUX-ASSET-000679, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000679/, accessed 2026-08-31, archive v0.24.555.