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==List of LORAN-C transmitters== {{GeoGroup}} [[File:Loranstationscrkl.jpg|thumb|right|Map of LORAN stations.]] A list of LORAN-C<!-- Not CHAYKA! --> transmitters. Stations with an antenna tower taller than 300 [[metre]]s (984 feet) are shown in bold. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Station !! Country !! Chain !! Coordinates !! Remarks |- |Afif || Saudi Arabia || Saudi Arabia South (GRI 7030)<br />Saudi Arabia North (GRI 8830) || {{Coord|23|48|36.66|N|42|51|18.17|E|name=Afif – 7030-X / 8830-M}} || 400 kW |- |Al Khamasin || Saudi Arabia || Saudi Arabia South (GRI 7030)<br />Saudi Arabia North (GRI 8830) || {{Coord|20|28|2.34|N|44|34|51.9|E|name=Al Khamasin – 7030-M / 8830-X}} ||'''dismantled''' |- |Al Muwassam || Saudi Arabia || Saudi Arabia South (GRI 7030)<br />Saudi Arabia North (GRI 8830) || {{Coord|16|25|56.87|N|42|48|6.21|E|name=Al Muwassam – 7030-Z / 8830-Z}} ||'''dismantled''' |- |'''[[Angissoq LORAN-C transmitter|Angissoq]]''' || Greenland || '''shut down''' || {{Coord|59|59|17.348|N|45|10|26.91|W|name=Angissq – '''shut down'''}} || '''shut down''' 31 December 1994; used a 411.48 metre tower until 27 July 1964, '''demolished''' |- |[[Anthorn Radio Station|Anthorn]] || United Kingdom || Lessay (GRI 6731) || {{Coord|54|54|41.949|N|3|16|42.58|W|name=Anthorn – 6731-Y}} || Master and Slave on 9 January 2016. Replacement for transmitter Rugby<ref>{{Cite journal | title = Electronic Position Fixing System | journal = Admiralty Notices to Mariners | issue = 26/07 | publisher = United Kingdom Hydrographic Office | date = 28 June 2007 | url = http://www.ukho.gov.uk/amd/wnm/2007/Week26_2846-2955/26wknm07.pdf | access-date = 19 January 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080624212801/http://www.ukho.gov.uk/amd/wnm/2007/Week26_2846-2955/26wknm07.pdf |archive-date = 24 June 2008}}</ref> eLoran timing signal remains active.<ref name="GPSWorld"/> |- | Ash Shaykh Humayd || Saudi Arabia || Saudi Arabia South (GRI 7030)<br />Saudi Arabia North (GRI 8830) || {{Coord|28|9|15.87|N|34|45|41.36|E|name=Ash Shaykh Humayd – 7030-Y / 8830-Y}} || |- | Attu Island || United States || North Pacific (GRI 9990)<br />Russian-American (GRI 5980)<br />'''shut down''' || {{Coord|52|49|44|N|173|10|49.7|E|name=Attu – 5980-W / 9990-X}} || '''demolished''' August 2010 |- | Balasore || India || Calcutta (GRI 5543) || {{Coord|21|29|11.02|N|86|55|9.66|E|name=Balasore - 5543-M}} || |- | Barrigada || ''Guam'' || '''shut down''' || {{Coord|13|27|50.16|N|144|49|33.4|E|name=Barrigada - '''shut down'''}} || '''demolished''' |- | Baudette || United States ||'''shut down''' North Central U.S. (GRI 8290)Great Lakes (GRI 8970) |{{Coord|48|36|49.947|N|94|33|17.91|W|name=Baudette - 8290-W / 8970-Y}} ||'''dismantled''' |- | [[Berlevåg Municipality|Berlevåg, Finnmark]] || Norway || Bø (GRI 7001)<br />'''shut down''' || {{Coord|70|50|43.07|N|29|12|16.04|E|name=Berlevåg - '''shut down'''}} || '''shut down''' 31 December 2015 |- | Bilimora || India || Bombay (GRI 6042) || {{Coord|20|45|42.036|N|73|2|14.48|E|name=Bilimora - 6042-X}} || |- | Boise City || United States ||'''shut down''' Great Lakes (GRI 8970)<br />South Central U.S. (GRI 9610) |{{Coord|36|30|20.75|N|102|53|59.4|W|name=Boise City - 8970-Z / 9610-M}} ||'''shut down''' |- | [[Bø LORAN-C transmitter|Bø, Vesterålen]]|| Norway || Bø (GRI 7001)<br />Eiði (GRI 9007)<br />'''shut down''' || {{Coord|68|38|6.216|N|14|27|47.35|E|name=Bø - 7001-M / 9007-X}} ||'''shut down''' 31 December 2015, '''demolished''' October 2016. |- | [[Cambridge Bay LORAN Tower|Cambridge Bay]] || Canada || '''shut down''' || {{Coord|69|6|52.840|N|105|0|55.95|W|name=Cambridge Bay - '''shut down'''}} || '''shut down'''; free-standing lattice tower still in use for a [[non-directional beacon]], '''demolished''' |- | '''[[Cape Race LORAN-C transmitter|Cape Race]]''' || Canada ||'''shut down''' Canadian East Coast (GRI 5930)<br />Newfoundland East Coast (GRI 7270) |{{Coord|46|46|32.74|N|53|10|28.66|W|name=Cape Race - 5930-Y / 7270-W}} || used a 411.48 metre tall tower until 2 February 1993, now uses a 260.3 metre tall tower. The latter however, was shut down in 2012. '''Demolished''' |- | Caribou, Maine || United States ||'''shut down''' Canadian East Coast (GRI 5930)<br />Northeast U.S. (GRI 9960) |{{Coord|46|48|27.305|N|67|55|37.15|W|name=Caribou - 5930-M / 9960-W}} ||'''demolished''' |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach|Carolina Beach]] || United States ||'''shut down''' Southeast U.S. (GRI 7980)<br />Northeast US (GRI 9960) |{{Coord|34|3|46.208|N|77|54|46.10|W|name=Carolina Beach - 7980-Z / 9960-Y}} ||'''demolished''' |- | Chongzuo || China || China South Sea (GRI 6780) || {{Coord|22|32|35.8|N|107|13|19|E|name=Chongzuo - 6780-Y}} || |- | Comfort Cove || Canada ||'''shut down''' Newfoundland East Coast (GRI 7270) |{{Coord|49|19|53.65|N|54|51|43.2|W|name=Comfort Cove - 7270-M}} ||'''demolished''' |- | Dana || United States ||'''shut down''' Great Lakes (GRI 8970)<br />Northeast US (GRI 9960) |{{Coord|39|51|7.64|N|87|29|10.71|W|name=Dana - 8970-M / 9960-Z}} ||'''shut down''' |- | Dhrangadhra || India || Bombay (GRI 6042) || {{Coord|23|0|16.2|N|71|31|37.64|E|name=Dhrangadhra - 6042-M}} || |- | Diamond Harbor || India || Calcutta (GRI 5543) || {{Coord|22|10|20.42|N|88|12|15.8|E|name=Diamond Harbor - 5543-W}} || |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Ejde|Eiði]] || ''Faroe Islands'' ||'''shut down''' Eiði (GRI 9007) |{{Coord|62|17|59.69|N|7|4|25.59|W|name=Eiði - 9007-M}} ||'''demolished''' |- |[[Punta de Estaca de Bares|Estaca de Vares]] |Spain |NATO "C" '''shut down''' |{{Coord|43.786348|-7.679095}} | |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Estartit|Estartit]] || Spain || Mediterranean Sea (GRI 7990)<br />'''shut down''' || {{Coord|42|3|36.63|N|3|12|16.08|E|name=Estartit - '''shut down'''}} || '''demolished''' |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Fallon|Fallon]] || United States ||'''shut down''' U.S. West Coast (GRI 9940) |{{Coord|39|33|6.77|N|118|49|55.6|W|name=Fallon - 9940-M}} ||'''shut down''' |- | Fox Harbour || Canada ||'''shut down''' Canadian East Coast (GRI 5930)<br />Newfoundland East Coast (GRI 7270) |{{Coord|52|22|35.29|N|55|42|28.68|W|name=Fox Harbour - 5930-Z / 7270-X}} ||'''demolished''' |- | George || United States ||'''shut down''' Canadian West Coast (GRI 5990)<br />U.S. West Coast (GRI 9940) |{{Coord|47|3|48.096|N|119|44|38.97|W|name=George - 5990-Y / 9940-W}} ||'''shut down''' |- | Gesashi<!-- [[LORAN-C transmitter Gesashi|Gesashi]] Bad redirect points to "LORAN-C transmitter Seneca" in the U.S. --> || Japan ||'''shut down''' North West Pacific (GRI 8930)<br />East Asia (GRI 9930) |{{Coord|26|36|25.09|N|128|8|56.94|E|name=Gesashi - 8930-W / 9930-X}} ||'''demolished''' |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Gillette|Gillette]] || United States ||'''shut down''' North Central U.S. (GRI 8290)<br />South Central U.S. (GRI 9610) |{{Coord|44|0|11.21|N|105|37|24|W|name=Gillette - 8290-X / 9610-V}} ||'''shut down''' |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Grangeville|Grangeville]] || United States ||'''shut down''' Southeast U.S. (GRI 7980)<br />South Central U.S. (GRI 9610) |{{Coord|30|43|33.24|N|90|49|43.01|W|name=Grangeville - 7980-W / 9610-Z}} ||'''dismantled''' |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Havre|Havre]] || United States ||'''shut down''' North Central U.S. (GRI 8290) |{{Coord|48|44|38.58|N|109|58|53.3|W|name=Havre - 8290-M}} ||'''shut down''' |- |'''[[Hellissandur longwave radio mast|Hellissandur]]''' || Iceland || '''shut down''' || {{Coord|64|54|26.3|N|23|55|21.2|W|name=Hellissandur - '''shut down'''}} || '''shut down''' 31 December 1994; 411.48 metre tall tower now used for [[RÚV]] [[longwave]] broadcast on 189 kHz |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Helong|Helong]] || China || China North Sea (GRI 7430) || {{Coord|42|43|11|N|129|6|27.07|E|name=Helong - 7430-Y}} || |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Hexian|Hexian]] || China || China South Sea (GRI 6780) || {{Coord|23|58|3.21|N|111|43|9.78|E|name=Hexian - 6780-M}} || |- | '''[[Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter|Iwo Jima]]''' || Japan || '''shut down''' || {{Coord|24|48|26.262|N|141|19|34.76|E|name=Iwo Jima - '''shut down'''}} || '''shut down''' September 1993; '''dismantled'''; used a 411.48 metre tall tower |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Jan Mayen|Jan Mayen]] || Norway || Bø (GRI 7001)<br />Ejde (GRI 9007)<br />'''shut down''' || {{Coord|70|54|51.478|N|8|43|56.52|W|name=Jan Mayen - 7001-X / 9007-W}} || '''shut down''' 31 December 2015; '''demolished''' October 2017. |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Johnston Island|Johnston Island]] || United States || '''shut down''' || {{Coord|16|44|43.82|N|169|30|30.9|W|name=Johnston Island - '''shut down'''}} || '''shut down, demolished''' |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Jupiter|Jupiter]] || United States ||'''shut down''' Southeast U.S. (GRI 7980) |{{Coord|27|1|58.49|N|80|6|52.83|W|name=Jupiter - 7980-Y}} ||'''demolished''' |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Kargaburun|Kargaburun]] || Turkey || Mediterranean Sea (GRI 7990)<br />'''shut down''' || {{Coord|40|58|20.51|N|27|52|1.89|E|name=Kargaburan - '''shut down'''}} ||'''demolished''' |- | Kwang Ju || South Korea || East Asia (GRI 9930) || {{Coord|35|2|23.69|N|126|32|27.2|E|name=Kwang Ju - 9930-W}} || |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Lampedusa|Lampedusa]] || Italy || Mediterranean Sea (GRI 7990)<br />'''shut down''' || {{Coord|35|31|22.11|N|12|31|31.06|E|name=Lampedusa - '''shut down'''}} || '''shut down''' |- | Las Cruces || United States ||'''shut down''' South Central U.S. (GRI 9610) |{{Coord|32|4|18.1|N|106|52|4.32|W|name=Las Cruces - 9610-X}} ||'''shut down''' |- | Lessay || France || Lessay (GRI 6731)<br />Sylt (GRI 7499)<br />'''shut down''' || {{Coord|49|8|55.27|N|1|30|17.03|W|name=Lessay - 6731-M / 7499-X}} || '''shut down''' 31 December 2015, '''demolished''' |- | Loop Head || Ireland || Lessay (GRI 6731)<br />Eiði (GRI 9007)<br />'''never built''' || '''never built''' || 250 kW {{citation needed|date=December 2017}}; '''never built''' |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Malone|Malone]] || United States ||'''shut down''' Southeast U.S. (GRI 7980)<br />Great Lakes (GRI 8970) |{{Coord|30|59|38.87|N|85|10|8.71|W|name=Malone - 7980-M / 8970-W}} ||'''dismantled''' |- | Middletown || United States ||'''shut down''' U.S. West Coast (GRI 9940) |{{Coord|38|46|57.12|N|122|29|43.9|W|name=Middletown - 9940-X}} ||'''demolished''' |- | '''[[Minami-Tori-shima LORAN-C transmitter|Minami-Tori-shima]]''' || Japan ||'''shut down''' North West Pacific (GRI 8930) |{{Coord|24|17|8.79|N|153|58|52.2|E|name=Minamitorishima - 8930-X}} || used a 411.48 metre tall tower until 1985 '''demolished''' |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Nantucket|Nantucket]] || United States ||'''shut down''' Canadian East Coast (GRI 5930)<br />Northeast U.S. (GRI 9960) |{{Coord|41|15|12.42|N|69|58|38.73|W|name=Nantucket - 5930-X / 9960-X}} ||'''demolished''' |- | Narrow Cape || United States ||'''shut down''' 0)<br />North Pacific (GRI 9990) |{{Coord|57|26|20.5|N|152|22|10.2|W|name=Narrow Cape - 7960-X / 9990-Z}} ||'''shut down''' |- | Niijima || Japan ||'''shut down''' North West Pacific (GRI 8930)<br />East Asia (GRI 9930) |{{Coord|34|24|12.06|N|139|16|19.4|E|name=Niijima - 8930-M / 9930-Y}} ||'''demolished''' |- | Patapur || India || Calcutta (GRI 5543) || {{Coord|20|26|50.627|N|85|49|38.67|E|name=Patapur - 5543-X}} || |- | Pohang || South Korea || North West Pacific (GRI 8930)<br />East Asia (GRI 9930) || {{Coord|36|11|5.33|N|129|20|27.4|E|name=Pohang - 8930-Z / 9930-M}} || |- | '''[[Port Clarence Coast Guard Station|Port Clarence]]''' || United States || Gulf of Alaska (GRI 7960)<br />North Pacific (GRI 9990)<br />'''shut down''' || {{Coord|65|14|40.372|N|166|53|11.996|W|name=Port Clarence - 7960-Z / 9990-Y}} || '''demolished''' 28 April 2010; used a 411.48 metre tall tower<ref>{{cite web |url=http://coastguardnews.com/video-loran-station-port-clarence-tower-demolition/2010/05/01/ |date=1 May 2010 |website=Coast Guard News |title=LORAN station Port Clarence tower demolition video}}</ref> |- | Port Hardy || Canada ||'''shut down''' Canadian West Coast (GRI 5990) |{{Coord|50|36|29.830|N|127|21|28.48|W|name=Port Hardy - 5990-Z}} ||'''demolished''' |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Rantum|Rantum (Sylt)]] || Germany || Lessay (GRI 6731)<br />Sylt (GRI 7499 )<br />'''shut down''' || {{Coord|54|48|29.94|N|8|17|36.9|E|name=Sylt - 6731-Z / 7499-M}} || '''shut down''' 31 Dec 2015 |- | Raymondville || United States ||'''shut down''' Southeast U.S. (GRI 7980)<br />South Central U.S. (GRI 9610) |{{Coord|26|31|55.17|N|97|49|59.52|W|name=Raymondville - 7980-X / 9610-Y}} ||'''dismantled''' |- | Raoping || China || China South Sea (GRI 6780)<br />China East Sea (GRI 8390) || {{Coord|23|43|26.02|N|116|53|44.7|E|name=Raoping - 6780-X / 8390-X}} || |- | Rongcheng || China || China North Sea (GRI 7430)<br />China East Sea (GRI 8390) || {{Coord|37|03|51.765|N|122|19|25.95|E|name=Rongcheng - 7430-M / 8390-Y}} || |- |[[Rugby Radio Station|Rugby]] || United Kingdom || Experimental (GRI 6731)<br />'''shut down''' || {{Coord|52|21|57.893|N|1|11|27.39|W|name=Rugby - '''shut down'''}} || '''shut down''' July 2007, '''demolished''' |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Saint Paul|Saint Paul]] || United States ||'''shut down''' North Pacific (GRI 9990) |{{Coord|57|9|12.35|N|170|15|6.06|W|name=Saint Paul - 9990-M}} ||'''demolished''' |- | Salwa<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.megapulse.com/chaininfo.html |title=Loran-C Chain Information in WGS 84 Coordinates|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112232009/https://www.megapulse.com/chaininfo.html |archive-date=2022-11-12|url-status=dead }}</ref> || Saudi Arabia || Saudi Arabia South (GRI 7030)<br />Saudi Arabia North (GRI 8830) || {{Coord|24|50|1.46|N|50|34|12.54|E|name=Salwa - 7030-W / 8830-W}} || |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Searchlight|Searchlight]] || United States ||'''shut down''' South Central U.S. (GRI 9610)<br />U.S. West Coast (GRI 9940) |{{Coord|35|19|18.305|N|114|48|16.88|W|name=Searchlight - 9610-W / 9940-Y}} ||'''demolished''' |- | Sellia Marina || Italy || Mediterranean Sea (GRI 7990)<br />'''shut down''' || {{Coord|38|52|20.72|N|16|43|6.27|E|name=Sellia Marina - '''shut down'''}} || '''shut down''' |- | [[LORAN-C transmitter Seneca|Seneca]] || United States ||'''shut down''' Great Lakes (GRI 8970)<br />Northeast U.S. (GRI 9960) |{{Coord|42|42|50.716|N|76|49|33.30|W|name=Seneca - 8970-X / 9960-M}} ||'''dismantled''' |- | Shoal Cove || United States ||'''shut down''' Canadian West Coast (GRI 5990)<br />Gulf of Alaska (GRI 7960) |{{Coord|55|26|20.940|N|131|15|19.09|W|name=Shoal Cove - 5990-X / 7960-Y}} ||'''dismantled''' |- | Soustons || France || Lessay (GRI 6731)<br />'''shut down''' || {{Coord|43|44|23.21|N|1|22|49.63|W|name=Soustons - 6731-X}} || '''shut down''' 31 December 2015, '''demolished''' |- | Tok || United States ||'''shut down''' Gulf of Alaska (GRI 7960) |{{Coord|63|19|42.884|N|142|48|31.34|W|name=Tok - 7960-M}} ||'''demolished''' |- | Tokachibuto || Japan ||'''shut down''' Eastern Russia Chayka (GRI 7950)<br />North West Pacific (GRI 8930) |{{Coord|42|44|37.2|N|143|43|10.5|E|name=Tokachibuto - 8930-Y}} ||'''dismantled''' |- | Upolo Point || United States || '''shut down''' || {{Coord|20|14|51.12|N|155|53|4.34|W|name=Upolo Point - '''shut down'''}} || '''shut down''' |- | [[Værlandet]] || Norway || Sylt (GRI 7499)<br />Ejde (GRI 9007)<br />'''shut down''' || {{Coord|61|17|49.49|N|4|41|47.05|E|name=Værlandet - 7499-Y / 9007-Y}} || '''shut down''' 31 December 2015; demolished 19 Sep 2017 |- | Veraval || India || Bombay (GRI 6042) || {{Coord|20|57|09.316|N|70|20|11.73|E|name=Veraval - 6042-W}} || |- | Williams Lake || Canada ||'''shut down''' Canadian West Coast (GRI 5990)<br />North Central U.S. (GRI 8290) |{{Coord|51|57|58.78|N|122|22|1.55|W|name=Williams Lake - 5990-M / 8290-Y}} ||'''dismantled''' |- | Xuancheng || China || China North Sea (GRI 7430)<br />China East Sea (GRI 8390) || {{Coord|31|4|8.3|N|118|53|8.78|E|name=Xuancheng - 7430-X / 8390-M}} || |- | Yap || Federated States of Micronesia || '''shut down''' || {{Coord|9|32|44.76|N|138|9|53.48|E|name=Yap - Shut down}} || '''shut down''' 1987; '''demolished'''; used a 304.8 metre tower |}
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