Cape Liptrap Lighthouse

Cape Liptrap Lighthouse

Cape Liptrap Lighthouse
Location	Cape Liptrap Victoria Australia
Coordinates	38°54′25.8″S 145°55′21.2″E
Tower
Constructed	1913 (first)
Construction	concrete tower
Automated	1951
Height	9.75 metres (32.0 ft)
Shape	square tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower and lantern
Operator	Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Light
First lit	1951 (current)
Focal height	93.6 metres (307 ft)
Intensity	40,000 cd
Range	18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)
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. The lighthouse warns ships of the rocks in treacherous Bass Strait.

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.

See also

• List of lighthouses in Australia

External links

• Parks Victoria - Parks Victoria is the custodian of a diverse estate of significant parks in Victoria
• Lighthouses of Australia - Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Victoria". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.