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Managing Organization:
New Zealand Maritime Safety Authority
Website: http://www.msa.govt.nz
Contact Address Information:
8th Floor, 109 Featherston Street
P.O. Box 27 006
Wellington
Alabama,
Notes:
In 1894 a lighthouse keeper's cat apparently killed the last remaining Stephens Island wrens; the bird, unheard of before the cat caught one, is now extinct. The specimens killed by the cat are now in the British Museum.
Tower Height: 49
Height of Focal Plane: 600
Characteristic and Range: Two white flashes every 20 seconds, visible for 27 nautical miles.
Description of Tower: White, conical, cast iron tower.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1894
Date Present Tower Built: 1894
Date Automated: 1989
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Keepers: George Gwynne (c. 1901), Len Akers (?-1989)
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