Cuvier Island Lighthouse

Cuvier Island Lighthouse
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Place:	Cuvier Island , Waikato , North Island , New Zealand
Location:	Waikato , New Zealand
Geographical location:	36 ° 26 '23.5 "  S , 175 ° 47' 9.7"  O Coordinates: 36 ° 26 '23.5 "  S , 175 ° 47' 9.7"  O
Height of tower base:	119  m
Fire carrier height :	15 m
Identifier :	FL W 15s
Scope knows:	19 nm (35.2 km )
Operating mode:	1889 oil lamp 1939 electrification 1982 automated
Function:	lighthouse
Construction time:	1889
Operating time:	since 1889
International ordinal number:	K3886

Cuvier Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Cuvier Island , a small island off the east coast of the Waikato region on the North Island of New Zealand . It is operated by Maritime New Zealand . It serves as a landmark on the approach to Waitemata Harbor and the Hauraki Gulf .

The tower was the first cast iron (instead of wood) lighthouse in New Zealand. It was put into operation on September 22nd, 1889 and initially illuminated by an oil lamp . In 1939 the tower was electrified and powered by a diesel generator.

The tower was automated in 1982 and, like all New Zealand lighthouses, has since been remotely controlled from a central control room at Maritime New Zealand's headquarters in Wellington . In 1996, due to the high costs of fuel supply, the power supply was switched to accumulators charged by solar cells.

Web links

• Cuvier Island (1889). New Zealand Lighthouses,accessed October 18, 2018. 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Cuvier Island . Maritime New Zealand , accessed October 18, 2018 .