Nugget Point Lighthouse

Nugget Point Lighthouse
View along the access path towards Nugget Point Lighthouse. In the background you can see the rocks that give the cape its name ("The Nuggets").
Place:	Nugget Point , South Island , New Zealand
Location:	Otago , New Zealand
Geographical location:	46 ° 26 '53.4 "  S , 169 ° 49' 0.6"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 26 '53.4 "  S , 169 ° 49' 0.6"  E
Height of tower base:	76  m
Fire carrier height :	9 m
Identifier :	Fl W 12s
Scope knows:	10 nm (18.5 km )
Optics:	Fresnel lens
Operating mode:	1870 oil lamp 1949 electrification 2006 LED beacon
Function:	lighthouse
Construction time:	1870
Operating time:	since 1870

Nugget Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Cape Nugget Point in New Zealand's Otago region and a station on the Southern Scenic Route .

General

The lighthouse was completed in 1869 and commissioned in 1870. After its initial operation, it was equipped with an oil lamp from 1949 onwards with electrical lighting fed by a diesel generator. The lighthouse was later connected to the power grid. In 1989 the tower was fully automated and, like all other New Zealand lighthouses, is now controlled from a control room in Wellington . In 2006, the lighting was by a LED - Beacon replaced with backup battery.

From 1901 the lighthouse served as a post office.

Web links

Commons : Nugget Point Lighthouse  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Nugget Point Lighthouse . Maritime New Zealand , accessed October 17, 2018 .  
2. ^ Mark Phillips: New Zealand Lighthouses - Nugget Point (1870) . Retrieved October 24, 2012.