Cape Baily Light

Cape Baily Light
Cape Baily Light, 2007
New South Wales
Location	Kurnell New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	34°2′6.56″S 151°13′20.05″E / 34.0351556°S 151.2222361°E / -34.0351556; 151.2222361Coordinates: 34°2′6.56″S 151°13′20.05″E / 34.0351556°S 151.2222361°E / -34.0351556; 151.2222361
Year first constructed	1950
Construction	concrete tower
Tower shape	square prism tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern	white tower and lantern
Height	9.1 metres (30 ft)
Focal height	54.9 metres (180 ft)
Light source	solar power
Intensity	1,200 candela
Range	13 nautical miles (24 km)^[1]
Characteristic	Fl (4) W 16s.^[2]
Admiralty number	K2622
NGA number	111-6404
ARLHS number	AUS-019
Managing agent	National Parks and Wildlife Service (New South Wales)

Cape Baily Light is an active lighthouse located at Cape Baily, a headland at the south side of the entrance to Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia. The light serves in help north-bound shipping hug the coast to avoid the strong southerly currents further out to sea.

History

The light was first considered in 1931 but only constructed in 1950. Its lantern enclosure was taken from an unknown late-19th-century lighthouse. It is currently solar powered.

Site operation

The light is operated by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, while the site is managed by Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water as part of the Botany Bay National Park.

Visiting

The site is open, and accessible by a hike of about 2.5 hours round trip from the end of Solander Road in Kurnell, but the tower is closed.

References

Notes

↑ According to List of Lights. "Lighthouses of Australia" says 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi).
↑ According to List of Lights and The Lighthouse Directory. "Lighthouses of Australia" says "Flashing (3) in 9 Seconds".

General references

List of Lights, Pub. 111, The West Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 131.
Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: New South Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
"The Cape Baily Light at the entrance to Botany Bay". Lighthouses of New South Wales. Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
Searle, Garry. "Cape Baily". Lighthouses of New South Wales. SeaSide Lights.

External links

Grant and Tracey's Lighthouse Pages - Cape Baily Light

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cape Baily Lighthouse.

Lighthouses of New South Wales and Jervis Bay Territory

North Coast	Fingal Head Cape Byron Richmond River Clarence River North Solitary Island South Solitary Island Smoky Cape Tacking Point Crowdy Head Sugarloaf Point Nelson Head Point Stephens Nobbys Head Norah Head

Outside Sydney Harbour	Barranjoey Hornby Macquarie Cape Baily

Inside Sydney Harbour	Grotto Point Bradleys Head Fort Denison Robertson Point Parriwi Head Eastern Channel Western Channel Vaucluse Bay - Front Vaucluse Bay - Rear Shark Island

South Coast	Wollongong Head Wollongong Breakwater Kiama Crookhaven Heads Point Perpendicular Cape St George Warden Head Burrewarra Point Montague Island Green Cape

See also List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Australia

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