Cape du Couedic Lighthouse
Cape du Couedic Lighthouse
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 South Australia
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Kangaroo Island South Australia Australia |
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| Coordinates | 36°03′29″S 136°42′19″E / 36.057952°S 136.705151°ECoordinates: 36°03′29″S 136°42′19″E / 36.057952°S 136.705151°E |
| Year first lit | 1909 |
| Automated | 1957 |
| Construction | sandstone tower |
| Tower shape | conical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | unpainted sandstone tower, white lantern room, red lantern dome and rail balcony |
| Height | 25 metres (82 ft) |
| Focal height | 103 metres (338 ft) |
| Original lens | Chance Brothers Fresnel lens |
| Light source | mains power |
| Intensity | 38,000 cd |
| Range | 17 nautical miles (31 km) |
| Characteristic | Fl (2) 10s. |
| Admiralty number | K2010 |
| NGA number | 8148 |
| ARLHS number | AUS-030 |
| Managing agent | Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
| Heritage | state heritage place since 24 July 1980 |
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The Cape du Couedic Lighthouse is a lighthouse in South Australia located at Cape du Couedic on Kangaroo Island.
The lighthouse which was constructed between 1906–1909, consists of a tower built from 2,000 pieces of local stone, together with three four-roomed cottages to house the head keeper and two assistants with their families. The light characteristic shows two flashes every ten seconds, emitted at a focal plane height of 103 metres (338 ft). A Fresnel lens made by Chance Brothers is used there.
For many of its early years the site was inaccessible by land. Stores, materials and equipment brought by boat were hauled up to the lighthouse by a flying fox winching system originally powered by a pair of horses.
Today the lighthouse is automated and visitors to the area can stay in the old keepers' cottages.
The lighthouse, its former keepers' cottages, stable and store, and the following structures at Weirs Cove - jetty, funnelway and the ruins of a store have separate listings as state heritage places on the South Australian Heritage Register.
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