Deal Island Lighthouse

Deal Island Lighthouse

Deal Island Lighthouse
Tasmania
Location Deal Island
Tasmania
Australia
Coordinates 39°29′39.5″S 147°19′21.1″E / 39.494306°S 147.322528°E / -39.494306; 147.322528Coordinates: 39°29′39.5″S 147°19′21.1″E / 39.494306°S 147.322528°E / -39.494306; 147.322528
Year first constructed 1848
Automated 1921
Deactivated 1992
Construction granite tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern
Height 22 metres (72 ft)
Focal height 305 metres (1,001 ft)
Current lens 1st order Fresnel lens installed
Range 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi)
Characteristic Fl (3) W 20s.[1]
ARLHS number AUS-064[2]
Managing agent Tasmania Parks & Wildlife Service

The Deal Island Lighthouse is an inactive lighthouse located on Deal Island which makes part of the Kent Group National Park, Tasmania, Australia

History

Deal Island has the highest lighthouse in the Southern Hemisphere, standing 305 metres (1,001 ft) above sea level and was sometimes visible at night from Wilson's Promontory, 80 kilometres (50 mi) away. The lighthouse was built in 1848 and deactivated in 1992. While active, the height caused problems with visibility in low cloud conditions.

Management and conservation is under the control of the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service.[3] On 26 April 1943 during world war two a Royal Australian Air Force A25 Airspeed Oxford aircraft crashed killing all four crewmen. The aircraft wreck and their graves are about 15 metres apart at the bottom of the cliff. The bodies have since been disinterred and buried at Springvale, Victoria.[4] Eyewitness accounts say the plane flew low over a ship which was actually a wreck, and then failed to regain enough height before hitting the cliff.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Deal Island Lighthouse Lighthouses of Australia inc.
  2. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Tasmania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Deal Island lighthouse". Lighthouses of Tasmania. Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
  4. ↑ "Picking up the wrecked pieces". The Age Online. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 11 April 2015.


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