Parriwi Head Light
Location | Mosman New South Wales Australia |
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Coordinates | 33°48′43.7″S 151°14′46.95″E / 33.812139°S 151.2463750°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1911 |
Construction | concrete tower |
Height | 50 feet (15 m)[1] |
Shape | cylindrical] domed tower |
Markings | white tower and lantern |
Operator | Mosman Municipal Council |
Light | |
Focal height | 142 feet (43 m) |
Range | 12 nautical miles (22 km) |
Characteristic | Fl G 3s. |
Parriwi Head Light, also known as Rosherville Light and Port Jackson Entrance Range Rear Light, is an active lighthouse located just off Parriwi Road, near Rosherville Reserve on the south side of Middle Harbour in Mosman, New South Wales, Australia. It serves as the rear range light, Grotto Point Light serving as the front light, into Port Jackson. Grotto Point Light is located almost exactly 1 mile (1.6 km) (1,690 yards (1,550 m) to be exact) in front of Parriwi Head Light.
It is one of four lighthouses in a style now sometimes called "Disney Castle", the others being Grotto Point Light, Vaucluse Bay Range Front Light and Vaucluse Bay Range Rear Light.[2]
The light is shone through a horizontal slit just below the dome.
Site operation
The light is operated by the Sydney Ports Corporation, while the site is managed by the Mosman Municipal Council as part of the Parriwi Lighthouse Park.
Visiting
The site is open and accessible to the public, but the tower itself is closed.
See also
References
- ^ According to Directory of Lighthouses. "SeaSide Lights" lists 27 feet (8.2 m).
- ^ Morcombe, John (7 August 2015). "The master mariner who was a leading light behind the leading line". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- 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. 126.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Southern New South Wales". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
- Searle, Garry. "List of Lighthouses - New South Wales". Lighthouses of Australia. SeaSide Lights.
External links
- Media related to Parriwi Head Light at Wikimedia Commons
- "List of Lighthouses of New South Wales". Lighthouses of Australia. Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
- Grant and Tracey's Lighthouse Pages – Rosherrville Light
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