Adelaide Semaphore Timeball Lighthouse

Adelaide Semaphore Timeball Lighthouse assists vessels approaching 5 nearby ports. The closest is Port Adelaide at 1.2 NM to the SE. Other ports served include Pelican Point (1.2 NM SE), Adelaide (2.3 NM NE), Findon (4.5 NM SE), Welland (4.5 NM SE). Mariners should consult the relevant chart for full approach and pilotage information.

Adelaide Semaphore Timeball Lighthouse is currently listed as inactive. It may have been decommissioned, replaced by a different navigation aid, or temporarily taken out of service. Mariners should check the latest Notices to Mariners for current status.

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It is a fixed navigational aid on the coast at South Australia, AU. Mariners identify it by its light characteristic — the pattern, colour and timing of its flashes — which is unique among the lights in its area, so a bearing on it fixes a vessel’s position without instruments.