Eclipse Island (Western Australia)
- Eclipse Island (Western Australia)
Eclipse Island is a barren island in Western Australia, near Albany, that has a lighthouse on it.
The Eclipse Island Lighthouse was built in 1926 as a cylindrical tower made of concrete blocks. Initially it was a manned station using kerosene as lantern fuel in combination with a first order Fresnel lens. In 1976 the lantern was completely removed though and the optic was put on display at the Western Australian Museum. Today the light is emitted from atop a mast on the lighthouse's concrete trunk. The characteristic is a group of three flashes every twelve seconds from a focal plane at 117 metres above sea level. [cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/wau.htm|author=Rowlett, Russ|title=The Lighthouse Directory Retrieved on July, 21, 2008]
The island is composed of granite and has a total area of convert|99|ha|acre|0|lk=on and was declared a Class 1A Nature Reserve in 2000. [cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/nrs/science/capad/2002/pubs/wa-capad-2002-t.xls/|title=Terrestrial Protected Areas of WA|year=2002|accessdate=2008-04-14] It is a waypoint for the Volvo Ocean Race.
References
*reflist
* Scott, Nuala. "Eclipse Island Lighthouse : Albany, Western Australia" Albany, W.A.: Albany Residency Museum, c1988. ISBN 0-7316-5110-3
* Austin, Stan. "Lighthouses of Albany" Albany, W.A. : Western Australian Museum, 2004.ISBN 1-920843-13-2
External links
* http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/WA/Eclipse%20Island/Eclipse%20Island.htm
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