Cape Liptrap Lighthouse

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Cape Liptrap Lighthouse
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Cape Liptrap Lighthouse
Cape Liptrap Lighthouse
Location Cape Liptrap
Victoria
Australia
Coordinates 38°54′25.8″S145°55′21.2″E / 38.907167°S 145.922556°E / -38.907167; 145.922556 Coordinates: 38°54′25.8″S145°55′21.2″E / 38.907167°S 145.922556°E / -38.907167; 145.922556
Tower
Constructed1913 (first)
Constructionconcrete tower
Automated1951
Height9.75 metres (32.0 ft)
Shapesquare tower with balcony and lantern
Markingswhite tower and lantern
OperatorAustralian Maritime Safety Authority
Light
First lit1951 (current)
Focal height93.6 metres (307 ft)
Intensity40,000 cd
Range18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) [1]
Characteristic Fl W 12s.

Cape Liptrap Lighthouse stands upon the rocky cliff top of Cape Liptrap peninsula, on a solitary part of the South Gippsland coastline. [2] The lighthouse warns ships of the rocks in treacherous Bass Strait.

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History

The first Cape Liptrap lighthouse was established in 1913. It was a 2.1 metre steel tower with an acetylene light. As a lighthouse keeper was never stationed at Cape Liptrap, it is really the first automatic Commonwealth funded light to be put into service.

The current lighthouse was built in 1951 in cast concrete and is devised in a square shape with flattened edges. The light characteristic is one flash every 12 seconds, emitted from a height of 93.6 m above sea level. The lighthouse was converted to electrical power in 1970.

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References

  1. Cape Liptrap Lighthouse Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
  2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Victoria". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 7 December 2015.