Murimotu Island
| Murimoto Island | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 24 '52 " S , 173 ° 3' 1" E | |
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| length | 500 m | |
| width | 250 m | |
| surface | 8 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Muritomo Island is an island in the Far North District of the Northland region on New Zealand's North Island .
The island forms the eastern extension of the North Cape . It is about 500 m long, 250 m wide and 8 hectares in size. It is only separated from the mainland by a 100 m wide, shallow canal. It is part of the North Cape Scientific Reserve , managed by the Department of Conservation , which is not open to the public.
lighthouse
There was a lighthouse on the island . Its construction goes back to a recommendation from 1908 by Captain Bollins, who is employed by the Marine Department , to build a lighthouse here. Funding was secured just four years later, but the First World War prevented construction. After the war, the question was discussed again in the Marine Department; a tower on one of the Three Kings Islands was discussed as an alternative .
The tower was built in 1927 by Chance Bros & Co from Smethwick, England and commissioned in 1929. It had a fixed lens 400 mm in diameter and was fired with an acetylene torch. In 1973 a new, automatic solar-powered beacon was put into operation on a 2 m high concrete tower. The sheet steel luminaire room of the old lighthouse was donated to the Commissioner of the Crown on January 23, 1974 and can be viewed on Far North Road in Waitaki Landing . The beacon, located 99 m above Leer and only 2 m high, is now operated by the Maritime Safety Authority .
It flashes every eight seconds and has a range of eight nautical miles .
Individual evidence
- Murimotu Island . NZ Topo Map,accessed on August 29, 2014.
- newzealandlighthouses.com