 View of Low Head Lighthouse, looking to the northwest in 2010. Generator sheds are visible behind the tower | |
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| Location | Low Head (on Bass Strait), George Town, Tasmania, Australia |
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| Coordinates | 41°03′1.5″S 146°47′22.0″E / 41.050417°S 146.789444°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1833 |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | brick tower |
| Automated | 1995 |
| Height | 19 metres (62 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white tower with red horizontal bands at base and midsection White metal lantern and gallery |
| Operator | Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
| Heritage | listed on the Tasmanian Heritage Register  |
| Fog signal | Type G diaphone, installed in 1929 |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1833 |
| Focal height | 43 metres (141 ft) |
| Lens | Fresnel lens, Wilkins and Company, London |
| Intensity | 50,000 cd (1000 watt, 240 volt tungsten-halogen lamp) |
| Range | 43 kilometers (23 nmi) |
| Characteristic | Fl(3) W 30s. |
Low Head Lighthouse is in Low Head, Tasmania, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of George Town on the east side of the mouth of the Tamar River. It was the third lighthouse to be constructed in Australia, and it is also Australia's oldest continuously used pilot station.[1] This light is now unmanned and automated.