Cape Palliser Lighthouse

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Cape Palliser Lighthouse^[1]

Location:	Cape Palliser, North Island, New Zealand
Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS)	41°37'S 175° 17'E
Year first constructed:	1897
Year first lit:	1897
Automated:	1986
Construction:	Concrete
Tower shape:	Cylindrical tower
Markings/Pattern:	White and Red
Height:	18 m
Elevation:	78 m
Range:	48 Km
Characteristic:	White FL(2) 20s

Cape Palliser Lighthouse is a Lighthouse at Cape Palliser in the Wellington region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is owned and operated by Maritime New Zealand.

The light was built in 1897 and was originally fueled by oil. In 1954 the oil lamp was replaced with an electric one powered by a local diesel generator. This was subsequently replaced by a connection to the mains grid in 1967, although a diesel generator is retained for emergency power. The light was fully automated in 1986 and is now managed from a control room in Wellington.