North Head Lighthouse, Saldanha Bay

The first North Head Lighthouse on the northern side of the Saldanha Bay entrance, in South Africa, was a 300mm AGA acetylene gas lantern mounted on a square concrete pillar, installed on 1939-07-12.^[1][2] It had a small diaphone fog signal.^[2]

North Head Lighthouse

Coordinates	33°03′00″S 17°54′42″E / 33.05°S 17.91167°E / -33.05; 17.91167
Year first lit	1969[1]
Construction	aluminium[1]
Markings / pattern	black and yellow daymark[1]
Height	21 m[1]
Focal height	33 m[1]
Original lens	250 mm catadioptric[2]
Intensity	511 000 cd[1][2]
Range	23 sea miles[1]
Characteristic	Gr Fl.(3) W 20s[2]
ARLHS number	SAF-055[3]

A new aluminium tower came into operation on 1969-12-02^[2], about 100 metres from the previous lighthouse.^[1] The fully automatic revolving electric optic is powered by triple mutual diesel/alternator sets.^[1] The lighthouse is monitored at Cape Columbine.^[1]

See also

• List of lighthouses in South Africa
• Almost identical South Head Lighthouse, Saldanha Bay

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Lighthouses of South Africa. Portnet. 1991. p. 16. ISBN 0620163674. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Williams, Harold A. (1993). Southern lights: lighthouses of Southern Africa. Rivonia: William Waterman publications. p. 124. ISBN 0-9583751-1-9. 
3. ^ Saldanha Bay (North Head), Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society