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| Location | Piscataqua River entrance, Kittery, Maine |
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| Coordinates | 43°3′31.534″N 70°41′46.701″W / 43.05875944°N 70.69630583°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1830 |
| Foundation | Stone / timber |
| Construction | Granite blocks |
| Automated | 1963 |
| Height | 15 m (49 ft)  |
| Shape | Conical |
| Markings | Natural |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Fog signal | HORN: 2 every 30s |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1872 (current tower) |
| Focal height | 59 feet (18 m) |
| Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens, 1855 (original), VLB-44 (current) |
| Range | 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) |
| Characteristic | Grp Flash (2) White, 10s |
Whaleback Light Station | |
| Nearest city | Kittery Point, Maine |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1872 |
| Architect | US Army Corps of Engineers |
| MPS | Light Stations of Maine MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 87002278[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 23, 1988 |
Whaleback Light is a historic lighthouse marking the mouth of the Piscataqua River in Kittery, Maine. It is located on a rocky outcrop offshore southwest of Fort Foster and south of Wood Island in Kittery. The present tower was built in 1872.[2][3][4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 3.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ (2009-12-07). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southern Maine". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.