Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse

Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse

Cape Naturaliste Light house
Western Australia
Location Cape Naturaliste
Western Australia
Coordinates 33°32′14.4″S 115°01′07.3″E / 33.537333°S 115.018694°E / -33.537333; 115.018694Coordinates: 33°32′14.4″S 115°01′07.3″E / 33.537333°S 115.018694°E / -33.537333; 115.018694
Year first lit 1904
Construction limestone tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern
Height 20 metres (66 ft)
Focal height 123 metres (404 ft)
Original lens 1st order Chance Brothers Fresnel lens
Intensity 930,000 cd
Range 25 nautical miles (46 km)
Characteristic F. (2) 10s
Admiralty number K1790
NGA number 8880
ARLHS number AUS-040
Managing agent Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Cape Naturaliste in the south west of Western Australia, west of Bunbury the site of a lighthouse which was activated in 1904.[1]

It is a 20 metres (66 ft) high cylindrical tower built of limestone that still uses its original first order Fresnel lens made by Chance Brothers. The light characteristic is "Fl. (2) 10 s", i.e. a group of two flashes every ten seconds, the focal plane is at 123 metres (404 ft) above sea level. Another precious lens optic is displayed there, the second order Fresnel lens of the Jarman Island Light, as well as the original Great Sandy Islands beacon. Both items were originally used on the Pilbara coast further north.

The lighthouse was constructed of limestone quarried from nearby Bunker Bay, which was also known as the "Quarries".

More recently it has been called a lightstation [2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Opening Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse.". The South-Western News (Busselton, Western Australia: National Library of Australia). 8 April 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Western Australia. Dept. of Conservation and Land Management. Recreation & Landscape Planning & Design Section. Blackwood District (2001), Cape Naturaliste Lightstation precinct : concept plan, The Dept, retrieved 7 December 2015

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