page_title: Frying Pan Shoals Light
hierarchical_section_title: Frying Pan Shoals Light
caption_attribution_description: English: The U.S. Coast Guard Frying Pan Lightship and Frying Pan Shoals Light, circa in 1965. The lightship was replaced after 34 years of service.
context_page_description: Frying Pan Shoals Light Tower is a decommissioned lighthouse located on the Frying Pan Shoals approximately 39 miles southeast of Southport, North Carolina and 32 miles from Bald Head Island, North Carolina. The tower is currently privately owned and was formerly a bed and breakfast retreat, and is noted for its survival through several significant tropical storms.
  The light tower is modeled after a steel oil drilling platform, known as a "Texas tower", on top of four steel legs that was engineered to be used as a lighthouse housing several Coast Guard members. The 80-foot light tower marks the shoals at the confluence of the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean.
context_section_description: Frying Pan Shoals Light Tower is a decommissioned lighthouse located on the Frying Pan Shoals approximately 39 miles (63 km) southeast of Southport, North Carolina and 32 miles (51 km) from Bald Head Island, North Carolina. The tower is currently privately owned and was formerly a bed and breakfast retreat, and is noted for its survival through several significant tropical storms.
  The light tower is modeled after a steel oil drilling platform, known as a "Texas tower", on top of four steel legs that was engineered to be used as a lighthouse housing several Coast Guard members. The 80-foot (24 m) light tower marks the shoals at the confluence of the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean.
caption: Frying Pan Lightship and Light Tower
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