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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
New Zealand
Notes:
This lighthouse is located within Fiordland National Park.
Tower Height: 16
Height of Focal Plane: 148
Characteristic and Range: White light flash every 12 seconds, visible for 22 nautical miles.
Description of Tower: White, octagonal concrete tower.
This light is operational
Earlier Towers?
1879: Wooden tower, burned down in 1942.
Date Established: 1879
Date Present Tower Built: 1943
Date Deactivated: 1980-1987
Date Automated: 1989
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
Open To Public? Grounds only.
Directions:
State Highway 94 to Te Anau branches off the main Invercargill - Queenstown Road. There is regular bus service to Te Anau and Milford Sound. For more information contact Fiordland National Park at fiordlandvc@doc.govt.nz
Keepers: ? Scopes (c. 1878-?), ? Hodge (c. 1937)
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