Cape Egmont Lighthouse
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| Location | Cape Egmont, North Island, New Zealand |
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| Coordinates | 39°17′S 173°45′E / 39.283°S 173.750°ECoordinates: 39°17′S 173°45′E / 39.283°S 173.750°E |
| Year first constructed | 1881 |
| Year first lit | 1881 |
| Automated | 1986 |
| Construction | Cast Iron |
| Tower shape | Circular tower |
| Markings / pattern | White |
| Height | 20 metres (66 ft) |
| Focal height | 33 metres (108 ft) |
| Range | 35 kilometres (22 mi) |
| 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.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cape Egmont Lighthouse. |
- ↑ Cape Egmont Lighthouse Profile (from the Maritime New Zealand website