North Head Lighthouse, Saldanha Bay

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Saldanha Bay North Head
Saldanhabaai
North Head Lighthouse, Saldanha Bay
Location Saldanha, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape
South Africa
Coordinates 33°03′02.2″S17°54′39.1″E / 33.050611°S 17.910861°E / -33.050611; 17.910861
Tower
Constructed1939 (first)
Constructionmasonry tower
Height21 metres (69 ft) [1]
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and small lantern
Markingstower with black and white spiral bands, white lantern
Light
First lit2005 (current)
Focal height32 metres (105 ft) [1]
Lens250 mm catadioptric [2]
Intensity511,000 cd [1] [2]
Range23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi) [1]
Characteristic Fl (3) W 20s. [2]

The first North Head Lighthouse on the northern side of the Saldanha Bay entrance, in South Africa, was a 300mm AGA acetylene gas lantern mounted on a square concrete pillar, installed on December 7, 1939. [1] [2] [3] [4] It had a small diaphone fog signal. [2]

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A new aluminium tower came into operation on 1969-12-02, [2] about 100 metres from the previous lighthouse. [1] The fully automatic revolving electric optic is powered by triple mutual diesel/alternator sets. [1] The lighthouse is monitored at Cape Columbine. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lighthouses of South Africa. Portnet. 1991. p. 16. ISBN   0-620-16367-4.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Williams, Harold A. (1993). Southern lights: lighthouses of Southern Africa. Rivonia: William Waterman publications. p. 124. ISBN   0-9583751-1-9.
  3. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Western South Africa". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  4. Saldanha Bay (North Head), Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society