Eclipse Island (Western Australia)

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Eclipse Island from near the Blowholes at Torndirrup National Park
Eclipse Island from near the Blowholes at Torndirrup National Park

Eclipse Island is a barren island in Western Australia, near Albany, that has a light house on it. The Eclipse Island Lighthouse was built in 1926 as a manned kerosene light. It is a waypoint for the Volvo Ocean Race. The island is composed of granite and has a total area of 99 hectares (245 acres) and was declared a Class 1A Nature Reserve in 2000.[1]

It is located at Latitude:-35.1833 S Longitude: 117.8867 E Elevation: 103.0 m

[edit] References

  1. ^ Terrestrial Protected Areas of WA (2002). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  • Scott, Nuala. Eclipse Island Lighthouse : Albany, Western Australia Albany, W.A.: Albany Residency Museum, c1988. ISBN 0-7316-5110-3
  • Austin, Stan. Lighthouses of Albany Albany, W.A. : Western Australian Museum, 2004.ISBN 1-920843-13-2

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Coordinates: 35°10′58″S 117°53′12″E / -35.18278, 117.88667

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