Platypus Channel Range Rear Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Platypus Channel Range Rear Lighthouse
Also known as: Platypus Channel Range Rear (Max Hooper)
This steel tower, painted white, stands 18 meters tall and serves as the rear range light for the Platypus Channel, guiding vessels into Townsville, Queensland. It is part of an entrance range for the port, with its flash characteristic originating from the front light. The tower's construction details are not precisely known. While the original range has been relocated, this structure remains. The site is accessible to the public, but the tower itself is closed.
Why it matters: This light was essential for guiding ships through the Platypus Channel into Townsville, a significant shipping lane in Queensland.
Light & Optic
- Interval
- 2s
- Raw Code
- from front
Construction & History
Significant events: range relocated
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 18m
- Tower Color
- white
- Material
- steel
Structure: steel tower painted white
Location
- City
- Townsville
- Country
- 🇦🇺Australia
- Region
- Queensland
- Sea Region
- entrance range for Townsville, Australia
- Latitude
- -19.2593°
- Longitude
- 146.8240°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Townsville(1.2 km)
- Admiralty No.
- K3100.1
- NGA No.
- 10062.1
- ARLHS No.
- AUS-265
Nearby Ports
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