- Cape Borda
Infobox_lighthouse|name=Cape Borda
location=Kangaroo Island, Australia
caption=
coordinates =
yearlit= 1858
yeardeactivated=
automated= 1989
intensity= 170,000 cd
elevation= 155 metres
range= convert|21|nmi|km|0
foundation=
construction= Stone
shape= Square
marking=White
height= 10 meters
lens=
characteristic=Fl. (4) 20 s
ARLHS=AUS-021
admiralty=K2008
NGA= 8152Cape Borda is a headland with a lighthouse on the west coast of
Kangaroo Island and is situated 70 kilometres west from the town of Kingscote.Cape Borda Lightstation
Cape Borda Lightstation was built in 1858 and is the third oldest remaining and only square stone lighthouse in
South Australia . The Lighthouse was built to guide ships travelling along the Roaring Forties trade route heading into the Investigator Strait towards Port Adelaide. Originally there was no road linking Cape Borda to the rest of Kangaroo Island and all supplies had to be hauled up from ships via a steep steel railway at Harvey's Return then taken to the Lighthouse every three months.Its
focal plane is situated at a height of 155 metres, thelight charasteristic is a group of four white flashes that occurs every 20 seconds. The lightstation was automated in1989 and is still fully operational. In1999 the originalfog signal cannon was restored, today it is fired daily at 12:30 hours.The Lightstation and surrounding cottages are looked after by
Parks SA while the top floor of the lightstation and the light itself is the property of theAustralian Maritime Safety Authority . Visitors are able to go on tours of the lighthouse and stay in the surrounding cottages.ee also
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Cape Willoughby Lighthouse on the East Coast ofKangaroo Island
*Cape du Couedic Lighthouse on the South West point ofKangaroo Island
*Allthorpe Island Lighthouse to the North of Cape Borda
*Loch Sloy References
*cite web|url=http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/sanpr/capeborda/index.html|author=SA Department for Environment and Heritage|title=Cape Borda Lightstation
*cite web|url=http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lIGhtS/SA/Cape%20Borda/Cape%20Borda.htm|author=Lighthouses of Australia Inc.|title=The Cape Borda Lighthouse on Kangaroo Island
*cite web|url=http://www.postcards.sa.com.au/features/cape_borda.html|author=Lighthouses of Australia Inc.|title=The Althorpe Island Lighthouse
*cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/sa.htm|author=Rowlett, Russ|title=The Lighthouse Directory
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