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Puysegur Point (1879)

 

Photo courtesy of MSA.

 

Situated near Preservation Inlet in a remote part of Fiordland, Puysegur Point is New Zealand's most isolated lighthouse.

The initial transportation to the lighthouse was by a 9 hour boat trip from Bluff, this method of transportation was replaced in the late 1950s by a sea plane.

Decommissioned in 1980, the lighthouse was replaced by two beacons on Windsor Point and Cape Providence.

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Inaccessible, unless you have a boat or tramp through the bush.

 

Island South
Province Southland
Location Fiordland
Number K4442
Date Commissioned 1 March 1879
Date Decommissioned
Automated 1989
Latitude 46 10' South
Longitude 166 36' East
Elevation Above Sea Level 48m  (45m)
Height 5.5
Character White light flashes every 12 seconds
Range 22 N. miles (41km)   (19 N. miles)
Made
Construction Wooden, replaced by concrete tower January 1943
Converted Kerosene To Diesel January 1943
Converted Diesel To Mains Electricity
Wattage
Present Tower Original??
Authority
Date Visited
 

 

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