Brothers Island Lighthouse
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| Location: | Marlborough , New Zealand | |
| Geographical location: | 41 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 174 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ E | |
| Height of tower base: | 79 m | |
| Fire carrier height : | 12 m | |
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| Identifier : | Fl W 10 | |
| Scope knows: | 19 nm (35.2 km ) | |
| Operating mode: | 1877 oil lamp 1954 electrification 1990 automated |
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| Function: | lighthouse | |
| Construction time: | 1876-1877 | |
| Operating time: | since 1877 | |
| International ordinal number: | K4246 | |
Brothers Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in the Marlborough District north of New Zealand's South Island . It is located on the west side of the Cook Strait on The Brothers' largest island . It is operated by Maritime New Zealand .
Originally the Mana Island Lighthouse on Mana Island was intended for orientation in this sea area. However, since it was often confused with the Pencarrow Head Lighthouse , it was decided to build a new tower on the Brothers.
The wooden tower was built in 1877 and put into operation in September of the same year. Initially lit by an oil lamp , it was looked after by four lighthouse keepers. Later these were reduced to three, later to two. Because of the isolated location, the difficult supply and the dangerous journey, they did not live here with their wives and children as they did with other New Zealand lighthouses. Since the island has neither sufficient soil for agriculture nor fresh water sources, all supplies had to be delivered by ship.
In 1954 the tower was electrified and powered by a diesel generator. In July 1990 the tower was automated and the lighthouse keepers removed. Since then, like all New Zealand lighthouses, it has been remotely controlled from a central control room at Maritime New Zealand's headquarters in Wellington . Today the tower has a modern rotating beacon with a 50 W halogen lamp, which is fed by accumulators charged by solar cells.
The island is part of a protected area of the Department of Conservation and is the habitat of the rare bridge lizard Sphenodon guentheri . It is therefore not open to the public.
In 1947 the tower was depicted on a 6-penny postage stamp and when the country changed to the 1967 decimal currency system, a similar 5-cent stamp of the New Zealand Post Office.
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North Island : Baring Head | Cape Brett | Cape Egmont | Cape Palliser | Cape Reinga | Castle Point | Cuvier Island | East Cape | Mokohinau Islands | Pencarrow Head | Tirititi Matangi
South Island : Akaroa | Brothers Island | French Pass | Stephens Island | Farewell Spit | Kahurangi Point | Cape Campbell | Cape Foulwind | Tuhawaiki Point | Katiki Point | Nugget Point | Waipapa Point | Dog Island | Center Island | Puysegur Point