Shark Island Light

Shark Island Light
Shark Island Light in front of Shark Island

Location	Shark Island New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	33°51′23.59″S 151°15′25.85″E / 33.8565528°S 151.2571806°E / -33.8565528; 151.2571806Coordinates: 33°51′23.59″S 151°15′25.85″E / 33.8565528°S 151.2571806°E / -33.8565528; 151.2571806
Year first constructed	1913
Tower shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern	white tower and lantern
Height	41 feet (12 m)^[1]
Focal height	40 feet (12 m)
Range	6 nautical miles (11 km)
Characteristic	Fl (3) R 8s
Admiralty number	K2656
NGA number	111-6208
ARLHS number	AUS-267

Shark Island Light is an active pile lighthouse^[2] located just north of Shark Island, an island in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. Its light is only visible on in the fairway of the harbour, between Shark Point and Point Piper.

Site operation

The light is operated by the Sydney Ports Corporation, while the site is managed by the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water as part of the Sydney Harbour National Park.

Visiting

The lighthouse itself is only accessible by boat, and it is closed to the public. However, it is visible from Shark Island at close range. The island itself is open to the public, but capacity is limited and reservations are required.

Gallery

Shark Island Light with Sydney as a backdrop
Shark Island Light, historic view

References

↑ According to "SeaSide Lights". 40 feet (12 m) according to The Lighthouse Directory.
↑ Searle, Garry. "List of Lighthouses - New South Wales". Lighthouses of Australia. SeaSide Lights.

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 2010-08-29.

External links

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

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	Barranjoey Hornby Macquarie Cape Bailey

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 and lightvessels in Australia

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