Vaucluse Bay Range Front Light

Vaucluse Bay Range Front Light
	Vaucluse Bay Range Front Light
	New South Wales
Location	Vaucluse; New South Wales; Australia
Coordinates	33°50′58.41″S 151°16′26.11″E
Year first constructed	1884 (first)
Year first lit	1910 (current)
Construction	concrete
Tower shape	cylindrical tower with conical roof
Markings / pattern	white tower and roof
Tower height	26 feet (7.9 m)
Focal height	52 feet (16 m)
Range	5 nautical miles (9.3 km)
Characteristic	F R
Admiralty number	K2650
NGA number	111-6200
ARLHS number	AUS-178
Managing agent	Port Authority of New South Wales

Vaucluse Bay Range Front Light is an active lighthouse located on the east side of the entrance to Vaucluse Bay in Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia. It serves as the front range light (Vaucluse Bay Range Rear Light serving as the rear light) into Vaucluse Bay. The distance between the lights is 945 metres (3,100 ft).

It is one of four such lighthouses designed by architect Maurice Festu in a style now sometimes called "Disney Castle", the others being Grotto Point Light, Parriwi Head Light and Vaucluse Bay Range Rear Light.

The light is shone through a window.

Site operation and visiting

The light is operated by the Sydney Ports Corporation. It is located on private land and not accessible to the public. Viewing the lighthouse from the street (80 Wentworth Road) is very difficult due to the steep terrain[1] so the lighthouse is best viewed from the water.

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References

Kristie Eggleston (February 2004). "NSW Lighthouse trip – Sydney Harbour & environs – Part 1". Lighthouses of Australia Inc Bulletin (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. p. 127.
Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: New South Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
Searle, Garry. "List of Lighthouses - New South Wales". Lighthouses of Australia. SeaSide Lights.

External links

"List of Lighthouses of New South Wales". Lighthouses of Australia. Lighthouses of Australia Inc.

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[1] Kristie Eggleston (February 2004). "NSW Lighthouse trip – Sydney Harbour & environs – Part 1". Lighthouses of Australia Inc Bulletin (1).

Lighthouses of New South Wales and Jervis Bay Territory
North Coast	Fingal Head Cape Byron Richmond River Clarence River North Solitary Island South Solitary Island Smoky Cape Tacking Point Crowdy Head Sugarloaf Point Nelson Head Point Stephens Nobbys Head Norah Head
Outside Sydney Harbour	Barrenjoey Hornby Macquarie Cape Baily
Inside Sydney Harbour	Grotto Point Bradleys Head Fort Denison Robertson Point Parriwi Head Eastern Channel Western Channel Vaucluse Bay – Front Vaucluse Bay – Rear Shark Island
South Coast	Wollongong Head Wollongong Breakwater Kiama Crookhaven Heads Point Perpendicular Cape St George Warden Head Burrewarra Point Montague Island Green Cape
See also List of lighthouses in Australia

Vaucluse Bay Range Front Light

Site operation and visiting

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