Smith Shoal, about 4.5 miles N of the N entrance to Northwest Channel, is covered 11 feet and marked on its NE end by Smith Shoal Light (24°43'06"N., 81°55'18"W.). The light also marks the N approach to the channel and is shown 54 feet above the water from a small black house on a white, hexagonal, pyramidal skeleton tower on piles. A relatively flat-topped coral head, covered by a least depth of 11 feet, is about 3.3 miles WSW of the light.
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Smith Shoal, à environ 4,5 M au N de l'entrée de Northwest Channel, porte une lumière à son extrémité NE, haute de 3,3 m (24°43'06"N., 81°55'18"W.) A 16,2 m de l'eau une maison noire et blanche sur une fine tour hexagonale et pyramidale porte la lumière qui indique également l'approche N du chenal.
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Smith Shoal, about 4.5 miles N of the N entrance to Northwest Channel, is covered 11 feet and marked on its NE end by Smith Shoal Light (24°43'06"N., 81°55'18"W.).
Smith Shoal, à environ 4,5 M au N de l'entrée de Northwest Channel, porte une lumière à son extrémité NE, haute de 3,3 m (24°43'06"N., 81°55'18"W.)
