Cape Sorell Lighthouse

Cape Sorell Lighthouse
Cape Sorell Lighthouse
Location in Tasmania
Location Entrance to Macquarie Harbour
West Coast
Tasmania
Australia
Coordinates 42°11′52.4″S 145°10′09.0″E / 42.197889°S 145.169167°E / -42.197889; 145.169167Coordinates: 42°11′52.4″S 145°10′09.0″E / 42.197889°S 145.169167°E / -42.197889; 145.169167[1]
Year first constructed 1899 (1899)
Automated 1971 (1971)
Construction brick tower
Tower shape conical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern dome, grey lantern
Height 40 metres (130 ft)
Focal height 51 metres (167 ft) AHD 
Light source solar power
Intensity
  • white: 208,000 cp,
  • red: 83,000 cp[2]
Range
  • white: 32 kilometres (20 mi),
  • red: 19 kilometres (12 mi)[2]
Characteristic Fl (2) 15s.
Admiralty number K3660
NGA number 6892
ARLHS number AUS-046
Heritage Australian Heritage Register

The Cape Sorell Lighthouse is a heritage-listed[2] lighthouse that is located on Cape Sorell in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. The lighthouse is situated approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of Strahan.

Constructed [3] and first lit in 1899,[4][5] the 40-metre-high (130 ft) lighthouse is the only structure remaining from a brick complex of tower, three houses and engine room, except for the foundation remnants of the three keepers' residences.[2]

The light characteristic is a group of two flashes that occurs every fifteen seconds, its focal plane is at 51 metres (167 ft) above sea level with a white light intensity of 208,000 candlepower, visible for 32 kilometres (20 mi) and the red, of 83,000 candlepower, visible for 19 kilometres (12 mi).[2]

Initially fed by vapourised kerosene, the station was automated in 1971[6] and in 1998, the light was converted to solar power.[7]

Further automation occurred in 2012 [8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cape Sorell Lighthouse (TAS)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Place ID 13246". Australian Heritage Database. Department of the Environment.
  3. ↑ "Cape Sorell Lighthouse". Zeehan and Dundas Herald. IX (147). Tasmania, Australia. 6 April 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 15 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Cape Sorell Light". Zeehan And Dundas Herald. IX, (302). Tasmania, Australia. 4 October 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 13 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "THE CAPE SORELL LIGHTHOUSE". The Mercury. LXXIII (9051). Tasmania. 6 March 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 13 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ The visitors book for 1932 -1969 has been retained at the Maritime Museums of Tasmania Visitors book – Cape Sorell Lighthouse, retrieved 13 May 2016
  7. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Tasmania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  8. ↑ Sinclair, Ian (2012-04-10), Old lighthouse goes automatic, retrieved 13 May 2016


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