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| Location | Anacapa Island Ventura County California United States |
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| Coordinates | 34°00′57″N 119°21′34″W / 34.015827°N 119.359548°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1912 (first) |
| Foundation | brick and concrete base |
| Construction | reinforced concrete tower |
| Automated | 1968 |
| Height | 55 feet (17 m) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white tower, black lantern |
| Power source | solar power  |
| Operator | Channel Islands National Park[1] [2] |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Fog signal | blast every 15s. |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1932 (current) |
| Focal height | 277 feet (84 m) |
| Lens | Third order Fresnel lens (original), DCB-24 aerobeacon (current) |
| Range | 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (2) W 60s. |
Anacapa Island Light Station | |
| Nearest city | Oxnard, California |
| Area | 40 acres (16 ha) |
| Built | 1932 |
| Architect | Lippman, M.W. |
| Architectural style | Mission/spanish Revival |
| MPS | Light Stations of California MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 91001101[3] (original) 100010729 (increase) |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 3, 1991 |
| Boundary increase | August 22, 2024 |
Anacapa Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, United States, on the entrance to Santa Barbara Channel, California. Constructed in 1912, it was the last major light station built on the west coast. Anacapa and several other islands were collectively designated as Channel Islands National Monument in 1938, though the Coast Guard retained responsibility for the Anacapa lighthouse. Now fully automated and unmanned, the light house still operates, but the National Park Service (NPS) is responsible for Channel Islands National Park.
Anacapa Island is noted now for an environmental restoration program devised by the NPS to exterminate the large population of non-native rats which infested the island and was making significant inroads on native species. The program, which began in 2003, selectively killed off the invaders with few adverse effects on the non-targeted native wildlife species. By 2014, after careful examination of the island, NPS could declare it rat-free.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the United States: Central and Southern California". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
- ^ California Historic Light Station Information & Photography United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 9 June 2016
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.