Mokohinau Islands Lighthouse

Mokohinau Islands Lighthouse
New Zealand
Location Mokohinau Islands
North Island
New Zealand
Coordinates 35°54′16.2″S 175°07′50.6″E / 35.904500°S 175.130722°E / -35.904500; 175.130722Coordinates: 35°54′16.2″S 175°07′50.6″E / 35.904500°S 175.130722°E / -35.904500; 175.130722
Year first constructed 1883[1]
Year first lit 1883
Automated 1980
Construction stone tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower, black balcony
Height 14 metres (46 ft)
Focal height 122 metres (400 ft)
Light source solar power
Range 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi)
Characteristic Fl W 10s.
Admiralty number K3734
NGA number 3984
ARLHS number

NZL-035 [2]

[3]

Mokohinau Islands Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Burgess Island, one of the Mokohinau Islands, which lie of the northeast coast of the North Island of New Zealand.[4] It is owned and operated by Maritime New Zealand.

The lighthouse was built in 1883 and first lit during June of that year. It's isolated position, approximately 50 km northeast of Cape Rodney makes it one of the most distant lighthouses from the mainland.

In 1980, the lighthouse was fully automated and the lighthouse keepers were withdrawn. The lighthouse is now monitored remotely from Wellington. The light flashes every 12 seconds and can be seen for 19 nautical miles (35 km).

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, Part 2". Inset to The New Zealand Herald. 3 March 2010. p. 15.
  2. ↑ Mokohinau Islands Lighthouse Maritime New Zealand
  3. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of New Zealand: North Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  4. ↑ Mokohinau Islands Lighthouse Profile (from the Maritime New Zealand website)


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