Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse
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| Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse | |
| Location | On the headland of the cape |
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| Coordinates | 34°22′27″S 115°08′09″E / 34.37417°S 115.13583°ECoordinates: 34°22′27″S 115°08′09″E / 34.37417°S 115.13583°E |
| Year first lit | 1895 |
| Automated | 1895 |
| Construction | Limestone |
| Tower shape | Conical |
| Markings / pattern | White, round tower on square base |
| Height | 39 m |
| Focal height | 57m |
| Original lens | 2nd order Chance Brothers Fresnel lens[1] |
| Characteristic | Fl. 7.5 s |
| Admiralty number | K1794 |
| NGA number | 8872 |
| ARLHS number | AUS-035 |
The Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the headland of Cape Leeuwin, (
i/ˈluːwɪn/) the most south-westerly point on the mainland of the Australian Continent, in the state of Western Australia.
Opened with great ceremony by John Forrest in 1895, the lighthouse has since been automated. The lighthouse, besides being a navigational aid, serves as an important automatic weather station. The lighthouse's buildings and grounds are now vested in the local tourism body and the single (1960s) and double (1980s) communications towers that were north-west of the lighthouse, seen in older photographs of Cape Leeuwin, have been removed.
The nearest functioning lighthouse north of Cape Leeuwin is the much smaller Cape Hamelin lighthouse, just south of the Hamelin Bay camping area.
The International Lighthouse Day was celebrated at Cape Leeuwin lighthouse for the first time in 2004.[2]
[edit] Picture gallery
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Cape Leeuwin and lighthouse as seen from the north
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Cape Leeuwin seen from the east
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Sign at Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse.
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Lighthouse and cottages, Cape Leeuwin
[edit] References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Western Australia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/wau.htm. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
- ^ Lighthouses of Australia Inc.. "Bulletin No 5/2004 - Sept/October 2004". http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/Bulletin/0410/Bulletin%20Oct%2004.htm#CapeLeeuwin.
