French Pass Lighthouses Lighthouse
Fl White/Red 4s🇳🇿NZOperational
Location & Light Range
About French Pass Lighthouses Lighthouse
A short, white, cylindrical metal mast stands atop a 4-meter tower at the southern entrance to French Pass (Te Aumiti). This channel separates D'Urville Island from the mainland. The lighthouse emits a white or red light, with a characteristic of a single flash every 4 seconds. It is positioned on a steep promontory overlooking the passage. The geographic range of its light is 16.1 nautical miles.
Why it matters: This lighthouse guides inter-island shipping through the French Pass, a channel with strong tidal currents.
Background
The French Pass Lighthouse together with a stone beacon mark a channel through the turbulent waters between Rangitoto ki te Tonga / D’Urville Island and the South Island. The New Zealand List of Lights calls the lighthouse Channel Point.Light & Optic
Characteristic Signature
Fl White/Red 4s
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White/Red
- Interval
- 4s
- Raw Code
- Fl W R 4s
- Focal Height
- 34.1376m
- Geographic Range
- 16.1NM
Location
- Country
- 🇳🇿New Zealand
- Region
- Marlborough
- Sea Region
- French Pass (Te Aumiti), a channel between D'Urville Island and the mainland, used by inter-island shipping between Nelson and Wellington. Located on a steep promontory at the southern entrance to the French Pass channel.
- Latitude
- -40.9236°
- Longitude
- 173.8333°
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 4m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white
- Material
- metal
Structure: short mast atop a round white metal tower
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Havelock(21.3 km)
- Admiralty No.
- K4234
- NGA No.
- 5024
- ARLHS No.
- NZL-083
- Wikipedia
- Read on Wikipedia →
- Wikidata
- Q109265721 →
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