Cape Brett Lighthouse

Cape Brett Lighthouse
Map
LocationCape Brett
North Island
New Zealand
Coordinates35°10′31.1″S 174°19′57.3″E / 35.175306°S 174.332583°E / -35.175306; 174.332583
Tower
Constructed1910 (first)
Constructioncast iron tower (first)
fibreglass tower (current)
Automated1978 Edit this on Wikidata
Heightapprox. 15 metres (49 ft) (first)
4 metres (13 ft) (current)
Shapecylindrical tower with lantern
Markingswhite tower
OperatorDepartment of Conservation[1]
HeritageHeritage New Zealand Category 1 historic place listing Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1978 (current)
Deactivated1978 (first)
Focal height146 metres (479 ft)
Range17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
CharacteristicFl W 15s. (current)
Designated26 June 2009
Reference no.7799

Cape Brett Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Cape Brett in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. The site was surveyed and chosen in 1908 by Captain John Bollons of NZGSS Hinemoa.[2]

The lighthouse was deactivated and keepers were withdrawn in 1978 and replaced by an automated beacon on the same site.

Cape Brett Lighthouse and its associated structures are on the Heritage New Zealand list as a Category 1 Historic Place List No: 7799. It was registered on 26 June 2009.[3]

  1. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of New Zealand: North Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Cape Brett Lighthouse". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Cape Brett Lighthouse Station". Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2018.