 Flat Top Island Light, 1917 | |
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| Location | Flat Top Island Mackay Queensland Australia |
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| Coordinates | 21°09′41.4″S 149°14′48.17″E / 21.161500°S 149.2467139°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1878 |
| Foundation | stone and concrete tower |
| Construction | timber frame clad with galvanized iron |
| Automated | about 1920 |
| Height | 32 feet (9.8 m) |
| Shape | conical tower |
| Markings | white tower, red lantern dome |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1879[1] |
| Deactivated | 2007 |
| Focal height | 174 feet (53 m) |
| Lens | 4th order |
| Characteristic | Fl (4) WR 20s. (defunct) |
Flat Top Island Light is an inactive lighthouse on Flat Top Island, a small island off the entrance to Mackay harbor at the mouth of Pioneer River, about 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) east of Mackay, Queensland, Australia. It used to mark the river entrance for shipping and the direction of the port, as well as highlighting close by shoals at Shoalwater Point and a reef off Hay Point.[2] At 6 metres (20 ft) from the ground to the lantern floor, it is the shortest of Queensland's timber-framed iron clad lighthouses.[3]
- ^ According to Marquis-Kyle 2009, p. 7 and Davenport 1986, p. 150. Rowlett states 1894. Butler 1994 states 1878, which is the year in which it was built.
- ^ Davenport 1986, p. 150.
- ^ Marquis-Kyle 2009, p. 4.