Location | southeast of Bernoni Point at the mouth of the Tred Avon River, SE of Oxford, Maryland |
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Coordinates | 38°39′20″N 76°11′08″W / 38.6555°N 76.1855°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 2012, 1871 |
Foundation | screw-pile |
Construction | cast-iron/wood |
Shape | hexagonal house |
Light | |
First lit | 1871 (second light in 1921) |
Deactivated | 1964 |
Focal height | 11 m (36 ft) |
Lens | sixth-order Fresnel lens (replaced with fifth-order lens in 1881) |
Characteristic | Fl W 4s |
The Choptank River Light was a screw-pile lighthouse located near Oxford, Maryland. In its second incarnation it was the only such light moved from another location in the Chesapeake Bay.