Penguin Island Lighthouse | |
Location: | Penguin Island South Australia ![]() |
Coordinates: | -37.498°N 140.0137°W |
Yearlit: | 1878 |
Automated: | 1918 |
Yeardeactivated: | 1960 |
Construction: | stone tower[1] |
Shape: | cylindrical tower, lantern removed |
Height: | 10.8m (35.4feet) |
Focalheight: | 24m (79feet) |
Lightsource: | acetylene |
Intensity: | 30,000 cd |
Characteristic: | FI (4) W 12s. |
Penguin Island Lighthouse was a lighthouse located on Penguin Island at the north end of Rivoli Bay in South Australia.[2]
It was first lit on 1 October 1878. In 1960, the lighthouse was decommissioned to allow the transfer of the light's apparatus to a new lighthouse on Cape Martin to the immediate north.[2] In 1904, John Hendry, head keeper of the lighthouse, was lost at sea and presumed drowned.[3]