Fingal Head Lighthouse
Fl WR 5s🇦🇺New South Wales, AUOperational
Location & Light Range
About Fingal Head Lighthouse
The Fingal Head Lighthouse, a red, round concrete tower standing 23 meters tall, was built and first lit in 1872. Its focal height reaches 24 meters, and it emits a white and red light with a characteristic of a single white or red flash every 5 seconds. The lighthouse provides a geographic range of 5 nautical miles. It is located on a headland approximately 5 kilometers south of Point Danger.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is situated near the border between New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.
Background
Fingal Head Light is an active lighthouse located at Fingal Head, New South Wales, Australia, a headland about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Point Danger, which marks the Queensland border.Light & Optic
Characteristic Signature
Fl WR 5s
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- WR
- Flash Count
- 1 flash
- Interval
- 5s
- Raw Code
- Fl.W.R. period 5s
- Focal Height
- 24m
- Geographic Range
- 5NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1872
References & Identifiers
- Admiralty No.
- K2844
- NGA No.
- 5872
- Wikipedia
- Read on Wikipedia →
- Wikidata
- Q5450183 →
- OpenStreetMap
- View on OSM →
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 23m
- Tower Shape
- round
- Tower Color
- red
- Material
- concrete
Structure: Red round concrete tower; 32
Location
- City
- New South Wales
- Country
- 🇦🇺AU
- Latitude
- -28.2000°
- Longitude
- 153.5708°
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