Cape Brett Lighthouse

Cape Brett Lighthouse

Cape Brett Lighthouse
New Zealand
Location Cape Brett
North Island
New Zealand
Coordinates 35°10′31.1″S 174°19′57.3″E / 35.175306°S 174.332583°E / -35.175306; 174.332583Coordinates: 35°10′31.1″S 174°19′57.3″E / 35.175306°S 174.332583°E / -35.175306; 174.332583
Year first constructed 1910 (first)
Year first lit 1978 (current)
Deactivated 1978 (first)
Construction cast iron tower (first)
fibreglass tower (current)
Tower shape cylindrical tower with lantern
Markings / pattern white tower
Height approx. 15 metres (49 ft) (first)
4 metres (13 ft) (current)
Focal height 146 metres (479 ft)
Characteristic Fl W 15s. (current)
Admiralty number K3709
NGA number 3912
ARLHS number NZL-005
Managing agent Department of Conservation[1]

Cape Brett Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Cape Brett in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. The site was surveyed and chosen in 1908 by Captain John Bollons of NZGSS Hinemoa.[2]

The lighthouse was deactivated and keepers withdrawn in 1978 and replaced by an automated beacon on the same site.

See also

References

  1. Lighthouses Directory
  2. Cape Brett Lighthouse


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