Nelson Head Light

Nelson Head Light
	Nelson Head Light, 2008
Location	Nelson Head, Nelson Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	32°42′37″S 152°09′41″E / 32.710344°S 152.16139°E
Tower
Constructed	1872 (first)
Automated	1984
Height	10 ft (3.0 m)
Shape	one-story building and no tower
Markings	yellow (building)
Operator	Marine Rescue NSW
Light
First lit	1876 (current)
Deactivated	2003
Focal height	128 ft (39 m)
Characteristic	Oc WR

Nelson Head Light, also known as Nelson Head Inner Light, is an inactive, unusual lighthouse on Nelson Head, a headland northeast of the town of Nelson Bay, New South Wales, Australia, near Halifax Park, on the southern shore of Port Stephens. The light guided ships into the port. Unlike other lighthouses, the Nelson Head Light has no tower, but was shown through the window of the lantern room, and later mounted outside.

^ List of Lights, Pub. 111: The West Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009.

[1] List of Lights, Pub. 111: The West Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009.

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