Cape Byron Lighthouse
Fl WR 15s🇦🇺New South Wales, AUOperational
Location & Light Range
About Cape Byron Lighthouse
Also known as: Byron Bay Lighthouse
Completed in 1901, this white lighthouse stands 118 meters tall. Its focal height is also 118 meters, and it emits a white light. The structure was designed by Charles Harding and Cecil W. Darley and constructed by Mitchell & King. This lighthouse is noted as Australia's most powerful. It now serves as a tourist attraction and interpretative center, housing a maritime museum and other facilities.
Why it matters: Cape Byron is the easternmost point of mainland Australia and the lighthouse is listed on the State Heritage Register.
Background
Cape Byron Light, also called Cape Byron Lightstation, is an active heritage-listed lighthouse and now interpretative centre, interpretative space, maritime museum, administration office, retail building, accommodation, tourist attraction and visitor attraction located at Cape Byron on the Far North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Charles Harding and Cecil W. Darley and built from 1899 to 1901 by Messrs Mitchell & King. It is also known as Cape Byron Lightstation (including moveable items), Byron Bay Lighthouse, Cape Byron Headland and Cape Byron Headland Reserve. The property is owned by NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service.
The lighthouse was added to the Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004; and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 22 February 2019. The lighthouse and surrounding buildings were added to the (now defunct) Register of the National Estate on 21 October 1980.
Cape Byron Light is Australia's most powerful lighthouse, with a light intensity of 2,200,000 candelas. Cape Byron, the easternmost point of the mainland of Australia, is approximately three kilometres (2 mi) northeast of the town of Byron Bay.Light & Optic
Characteristic Signature
Fl WR 15s
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- WR
- Flash Count
- 1 flash
- Interval
- 15s
- Raw Code
- Fl
- Focal Height
- 118m
- Geographic Range
- 27NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1901
- Heritage Status
- Heritage Act — State Heritage Register
Visiting
- Open to public
- attraction
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 118m
- Tower Color
- white
Location
- City
- New South Wales
- Country
- 🇦🇺AU
- Latitude
- -28.6384°
- Longitude
- 153.6357°
References & Identifiers
- Admiralty No.
- K2838
- NGA No.
- K 2838
- Wikipedia
- Read on Wikipedia →
- Wikidata
- Q1034294 →
- OpenStreetMap
- View on OSM →
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