Cape Egmont Lighthouse

Cape Egmont Lighthouse
Location Cape Egmont, North Island, New Zealand
Coordinates
Year first constructed 1881
Year first lit 1881
Automated 1986
Construction Cast Iron
Tower shape Circular tower
Markings / pattern White
Height 20 m
Focal height 33 m
Range 35 Km
Characteristic White FL. 8s

Cape Egmont Lighthouse is a Lighthouse at Cape Egmont in the Taranaki Region of the North Island of New Zealand.[1] It is owned and operated by Maritime New Zealand. The light was manufactured by Simpson & Co., Pimlico, London, in 1864 and erected on Mana Island to the north west of Porirua in 1865, but it was sometimes confused with the Pencarrow Head light at the entrance to Wellington Harbour and in 1877 the light was dismantled and moved to Cape Egmont.

The light was fully automated in 1986.

References

  1. ^ Cape Egmont Lighthouse Profile (from the Maritime New Zealand website