Hole in the Wall Light

Thanks to John Marshall for supplying this closeup photo of the Hole in the Wall Lighthouse on Great Abaco Island, Bahamas.

Hole in the Wall is named for a geologic formation: a natural limestone arch that juts out from a seaside cliff and plunges into the sea. It has been a well-known landmark at the southern end of Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas for centuries. The lighthouse, built in 1836, is one of the best examples of old-style British lighthouse architecture in the New World. It is not the oldest lighthouse in the country (the 1817 Paradise Island Light in Nassau has that honor), but it was the first lighthouse built in the Bahamas by the Imperial Lighthouse Service. As late as 1995, it was still fueled by kerosene and lit every night by resident keepers. Refurbished and solarized now, it is leased as a marine research facility.

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