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The New Burnett Heads Lighthouse The new Burnett Heads lighthouse was built to replace a wooden 1873 tower whose base can still seen nearby. |
| LOCATION: | Lat. 24° 45.6' S, Long. 152° 24.7' E (map) |
| OPERATOR: | Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
| EXHIBITED: | 1971 |
| CONSTRUCTION: | Concrete |
| CHARACTER: | 4 in 20 sec |
| LIGHT SOURCE: | 12v 50w Tungsten Halogen Lamp |
| POWER SOURCE: | Mains electricity |
| INTENSITY: | 55,000 cd |
| ELEVATION: | 20 metres |
| RANGE: | 13 nm |
| HEIGHT: | 17 metres |
| AUTOMATED: | 1971 |
| DEMANNED: | Never manned |
| DEACTIVATED: | No |
| CUSTODIAN: | Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
![The new Burnett Heads Lighthouse [Photograph: Winsome Bonham]](Burnett%20Head%20wb%201a.jpg) The new Burnett Heads Lighthouse Photograph: Winsome Bonham |
The new Burnett Heads lighthouse was built to replace a wooden 1873 tower whose base can still seen nearby. The lighthouse is now one of two Australian Cospas Sarsat satellite ground receiver stations. The other one is at Cave Point, near Albany in Western Australia.
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![The new Burnett Heads Lighthouse [Photograph: Marguerite Stephen]](New%20Burnett%20Heads%20ms%201a.jpg)
The
new Burnett Heads Lighthouse
Photograph:
Marguerite Stephen
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![The new Burnett Heads Lighthouse. Note concrete base of old tower to the left [Photograph: Annette Flotwell]](New%20Burnett%20Heads%20af%201.jpg)
