Farallon Island Light

It streams from a lighthouse atop southeast farallon island.

Farallon island light.

The island is pyramidal in shape and 357 feet 109 m high. The lighthouse was the sixth lighthouse to be activated on the west coast. Wines who respectively were paid annual salaries of 1 000 and 650. The peak tower hill actually a double peak consisting of lighthouse hill and little lighthouse hill is the location of a lighthouse the farallon island light.

Farallon island light is a lighthouse on southeast farallon island california one of the highest lights in california it was constructed in 1855 to warn ships approaching san francisco from the west away from the rocky islands. The large flat area in the southeast of the island is called marine terrace. Site and tower closed. Farallon in spanish means small rocky island in the sea and the spaniards knew what they were talking about.

Elephant seals were harvested for their blubber while fur seals california sea lions and steller s sea lions were harvested for their pelts. It brings reliable internet to the island and helps the biologists on the island plan out surveys so as not to disturb birds and. Get a rare view of the farallon islands craggy peaks and rocky shorelines and scan the islands for marine mammals and birds. The farallon islands were administered by the russian colony fort ross.

In later years it was shorn of its lantern but it remains in use. Our high definition webcam is newly restored and now streaming live from a lighthouse atop southeast farallon island. The island is closed to the public as a bird sanctuary but the lighthouse can be seen from oceanic society half day cruises to observe wildlife in the area. Farallon island lighthouse was lit for the first time on january 1 1856 by head keeper nerva n.

Wines and assistant john w. This period began the exploitation of the island wildlife that lasted until the turn of the century.