Cape Sorell Lighthouse | |
Location: | Tasmania Australia |
Coordinates: | -42.1979°N 145.1692°W |
Construction: | brick tower |
Shape: | conical tower with balcony and lantern |
Marking: | white tower and lantern dome, grey lantern |
Characteristic: | Fl (2) 15s. |
Heritage: | Australian Heritage Register |
The Cape Sorell Lighthouse is a heritage-listed lighthouse that is located on Cape Sorell in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia. The lighthouse is situated approximately southwest of .
Constructed[1] and first lit in 1899,[2] [3] the 40adj=midNaNadj=mid lighthouse is the only structure remaining from a brick complex of tower, three houses and engine room, except for the foundation remnants of the three keepers' residences.[4]
The light characteristic is a group of two flashes that occurs every fifteen seconds, its focal plane is at above sea level with a white light intensity of 208,000 candlepower, visible for and the red, of 83,000 candlepower, visible for .
Initially fed by vapourised kerosene, the station was automated in 1971[5] and in 1998, the light was converted to solar power.
Further automation occurred in 2012.