Cape Brett Lighthouse

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]

Cape Brett Lighthouse
New Zealand
LocationCape Brett
North Island
New Zealand
Coordinates35°10′31.1″S 174°19′57.3″E
Year first constructed1910 (first)
Year first lit1978 (current)
Automated1978 
Deactivated1978 (first)
Constructioncast iron tower (first)
fibreglass tower (current)
Tower shapecylindrical tower with lantern
Markings / patternwhite tower
Tower heightapprox. 15 metres (49 ft) (first)
4 metres (13 ft) (current)
Focal height146 metres (479 ft)
Range17 nautical mile 
CharacteristicFl W 15s. (current)
Admiralty numberK3709
NGA number3912
ARLHS numberNZL-005
Managing agentDepartment of Conservation[1]
HeritageNZHPT Category I listing 

The lighthouse was deactivated and keepers were withdrawn in 1978 and replaced by an automated beacon on the same site.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

See also

References

  1. "Lighthouses Directory". Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. 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. Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

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