 Green Cape Lighthouse | |
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| Location | Green Cape, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°15′41″S 150°02′58″E / 37.261392°S 150.049328°E |
| Tower | |
| Built by | Albert Aspinall  |
| Construction | concrete (tower) |
| Height | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Shape | square base octagonal tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white (tower), black (balcony) |
| Power source | mains electricity |
| Operator | Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
| Heritage | Heritage Act — State Heritage Register |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1883 |
| Deactivated | 1992 |
| Focal height | 44 m (144 ft) |
| Lens | first order Fresnel lens |
| Intensity | 1,000,000 candela |
| Range | 22 nmi (41 km; 25 mi) |
| Characteristic |  Fl(2) W 10s |
| Green Cape Light (current) | |
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| Constructed | 1992 |
| Construction | metal skeletal tower |
| Height | 49 feet (15 m)[1] |
| Shape | square pyramidal tower |
| Markings | white |
| Operator | NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service |
| Focal height | 118 feet (36 m)[2] |
| Intensity | 37,500 candela |
| Range | 17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl(2) W 15s |
The Green Cape Lighthouse is a heritage-listed lighthouse located at the tip of Green Cape, a headland forming the northern boundary of Disaster Bay, in southern New South Wales, Australia. It is the southernmost lighthouse in New South Wales and Australia's first lighthouse built in concrete. At 29 metres (95 ft) it is also the tallest lighthouse in New South Wales.[3] It marks Green Cape on the northerly shore-hugging sailing course.
The lighthouse was designed by James Barnet and built from 1881 to 1883 by Albert Wood Aspinall. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 1 February 2013.[4]
- ^ According to Directory of Lighthouses. "SeaSide Lights" list the height of the old light, 95 feet (29 m), with the focal height of the new one, 118 feet (36 m).
- ^ According to List of Lights. "39 m (118 ft)" according to Directory of Lighthouses, which is a unit conversion error.
- ^ According to "Lighthouses of Australia". "DECCW – Ben Boyd National Park – Accommodation" says it is the tallest.
- ^ "Green Cape Maritime Precinct". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01897. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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