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are low lying and interspersed with fresh water lagoons, with an extensive shoal area on the southern side. The need for a lighthouse to warn mariners was identified in 1856, in the days of early
European settlement, in response to a growing number of stranding and wrecks. An initial proposal was
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The original oil-burning lamp was converted to a 1000-watt electric lamp in 1954, and the diesel power supply replaced by a buried mains electricity cable along the spit in 1966. The original lamp was changed to a modern rotating beacon with a 50-watt tungsten halogen bulb in 1999. In 2019, the
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from the west and south. The LED rotating beacon flashes white or red, once every 15 seconds. It has a range of 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi). Red is shown to warn approaching vessels of extensive shoaling. Standing 27 metres (89 ft) tall, the tower needs to be taller than the
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support structures of most lighthouses built on cliffs or headlands, because the sand foundations it is built upon are almost at sea level. The tower is constructed of an open steel lattice to withstand abrasive sand and salt-laden winds.
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1113:. Wellington, N.Z.: Land Information New Zealand.
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760:. Taunton, England: Hydrographer of the Navy.
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1060:"Farewell Spit Lighthouse shows off new face"
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1111:New Zealand nautical almanac
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1426:Stephens Island Lighthouse
1406:Kahurangi Point Lighthouse
1371:Brothers Island Lighthouse
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1085:"Farewell Spit Lighthouse"
1033:Lighthouse Digest Magazine
871:"Farewell Spit Lighthouse"
554:Department of Conservation
1421:Puysegur Point Lighthouse
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1381:Cape Foulwind Lighthouse
1376:Cape Campbell Lighthouse
1310:Manukau Heads Lighthouse
1300:Cuvier Island Lighthouse
1285:Cape Palliser Lighthouse
1248:indicate inactive sites.
693:The Lighthouse Directory
501:Farewell Spit Lighthouse
25:Farewell Spit Lighthouse
1416:Nugget Point Lighthouse
1411:KÄtiki Point Lighthouse
1365:Boulder Bank Lighthouse
1295:Castle Point Lighthouse
566:James Nelson (c. 1870s)
1401:French Pass Lighthouse
1290:Cape Reinga Lighthouse
1280:Cape Egmont Lighthouse
1263:Baring Head Lighthouse
731:www.maritimenz.govt.nz
659:Open lattice structure
94:40.54604Ā°S 173.00938Ā°E
1391:Dog Island Lighthouse
1269:Cape Brett Lighthouse
1129:Online list of lights
1029:"Lighthouse Explorer"
784:Petyt, Chris (1999).
559:The keepers include:
416:17 January 1897
217:19 January 1897
1332:Rangitoto Lighthouse
1305:East Cape Lighthouse
1275:Bean Rock Lighthouse
600:Maritime New Zealand
99:-40.54604; 173.00938
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921:Papers Past
856:Papers Past
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517:Cook Strait
413:Deactivated
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85:173Ā°00ā²34ā³E
72:Coordinates
1451:Categories
1194:29 January
1094:28 January
1069:27 January
971:Q112554192
915:2 February
881:(5): 7ā8.
850:5 February
820:5 February
810:"Untitled"
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767:0707712912
674:References
594:Operations
337:1870
148:1984
118:1896
82:40Ā°32ā²46ā³S
21:Lighthouse
505:sand spit
398:First lit
214:First lit
145:Automated
1163:Archived
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1007:Archived
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