Built in the year of 1870,  Cape Hatteras Light is located in Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks of Buxton, North Carolina, United States. The brick lighthouse stands at a height of 64 meters (210 feet), making it the tallest brick lighthouse in the United States and 2nd tallest in the world, after the Świnoujście Lighthouse of Poland. Cape Hatteras Light has a range of up to 24 nautical miles or 44 kilometers.

 Compare Cape Hatteras Light with Perry Memorial Monument from North America.