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Longpoint Lighthouse

Long Point Lighthouse is located 331 feet above sea level atop a cliff named Devil's Cove Head in Twillingate.
Iceberg Alley is located about 250 miles east of the island of Newfoundland.
Longpoint Lighthouse
It was built of stone in 1876 and has a range of 22 nautical miles.

Located within the famous "Iceberg Alley" it is an excellent site for iceberg and whale watching.
Longpoint Lighthouse
Every spring and summer thousands of icebergs, travel these waters before melting in warmers waters south of Newfoundland.
It is considered to be that portion of the Labrador Current, that flows southward from Flemish Pass, along the eastern edge of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, to the Tail of the Banks.
Icebergs and sea ice flowing south from Iceberg Alley created the Titanic disaster of 1912.
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Built of stone in 1876 and located within "Iceberg Alley". Long Point Lighthouse.

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