Rangitoto Lighthouse (also called Rangitoto Beacon) is a
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Lighthouses mar ...
off the coast in McKenzie Bay, in
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...
's
Hauraki Gulf.
The lighthouse was built in 1882. In 1905 a light was added for nighttime visibility.
Although not classed officially as a lighthouse by the
New Zealand MSA, it does currently flash red every 12 seconds (also known as its character) and can be seen clearly from the southernmost of North Harbour's
East Coast Bays
East Coast Bays is a string of small suburbs that form the northernmost part of the North Shore, part of the contiguous Auckland metropolitan area in New Zealand. The suburbs line the north-east coast of the city along the shore of the Haurak ...
.
The beacon is red and white in colour, stands at tall, and continues to run through
solar power
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. The height of the
focal plane
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is .
See also
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List of lighthouses in New Zealand
This is a list of lighthouses in New Zealand. Maritime New Zealand operates and maintains 23 active lighthouses and 74 light beacons. All of these lighthouses are fully automated and controlled by a central control room in Wellington.
Other li ...
References
External links
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Lighthouses of New Zealand ''Maritime New Zealand''
Lighthouses completed in 1882
Lighthouses in New Zealand
Hauraki Gulf
Transport buildings and structures in the Auckland Region
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