Cape Tourville Lighthouse

Cape Tourville Lighthouse

Cape Tourville Lighthouse, Tasmania
Australia Tasmania
Location Freycinet Peninsula
Tasmania
Australia Australia
Coordinates 42°07′21.6″S 148°20′34.8″E / 42.122667°S 148.343000°E / -42.122667; 148.343000Coordinates: 42°07′21.6″S 148°20′34.8″E / 42.122667°S 148.343000°E / -42.122667; 148.343000
Year first constructed 1971
Automated 1971
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern
Height 11 feet (3.4 m)
Focal height 126 feet (38 m)
Light source mains power
Intensity 160,000 cd
Range 28 nautical miles (52 km; 32 mi)
Characteristic FI(3) W 10s
Admiralty number K3608
NGA number 6664
ARLHS number AUS-049[1]
Managing agent Australian Maritime Safety Authority[2]

The Cape Tourville Lighthouse is an unmanned, automatic light, lighthouse built in 1971. The lighthouse replaced the Cape Forestier Lighthouse which had been situated on another jutting off the Freycinet Peninsula known as Lemon Rock.[3]

See also

References

  1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Tasmania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  2. Cape Tourville Lighthouse Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
  3. "The Cape Tourville Lighthouse". Lighthouses of Tasmania. Lighthouses of Australia Inc. Retrieved 22 June 2009.


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