Cape Leveque

Cape Leveque

Infobox_Lighthouse


caption = Cape Leveque lighthouse
location = The northern edge of the Dampier Peninsula
coordinates =coord|16|23|S|122|55|E|) [http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=286933]
yearbuilt = 1912
yearlit = 1912
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yeardeactivated =
foundation =
construction = Steel (?)
shape = Conical
marking = White
height = 13 m
elevation = 43 m
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characteristic = Fl. (3) 20 s
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admiralty =K1650
NGA =9452
ARLHS =AUS-036

Cape Leveque ( is the northernmost tip of the Dampier Peninsula in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Cape Leveque is 220 km (via the Cape Leveque Road) north of Broome and is remote having few facilities. Nevertheless, the Cape's sandy beaches are attracting an increasing number of visitors.

A 13 metres tall lighthouse was erected at Cape Leveque in 1912. Its light characteristic is a group of three flashes that occurs ever twenty seconds whereby the light source emits from a focal plane of 43 m. [http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/wau.htm] The lighthouse marks the western entrance of King Sound.

External links

* [http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_003004.shtml Meteorological information]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/kimberley/stories/s984643.htm Lighthouse keeper story]


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