West Channel Pile Light | |
Location: | Port Phillip Victoria Australia |
Coordinates: | -38.1928°N 144.7564°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1881 |
Yearlit: | 1881 |
Foundation: | wooden piles |
Construction: | wooden tower |
Shape: | 1-story octagonal prism keeper's quarter with balcony around and lantern on the roof |
Marking: | white lighthouse |
Height: | 11m (36feet) |
Focalheight: | 11m (36feet) |
Characteristic: | Fl WR 6s. |
Heritage: | Victorian Heritage Register |
The West Channel Pile Light is an active two-storey octagonal lighthouse in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia. It was built in 1881, replacing a lightship installed in 1854, to mark the north-east end of the West Sand. The site is listed in the Victorian Heritage Register.[1]