Cape Egmont Lighthouse

Cape Egmont Lighthouse

Infobox_lighthouse|name= Cape Egmont Lighthouse [http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/publications/lighthouses/capeegmont.pdf Cape Egmont Lighthouse Profile] (from the Maritime New Zealand website)]
location= Cape Egmont, North Island, New Zealand
caption=
coordinates = 39°17'S 173°45'E
yearbuilt = 1881
yearlit = 1881
yeardeactivated=
automated= 1986
intensity=
elevation= 33 m
range= 35 Km
foundation=
construction= Cast Iron
shape= Circular tower
height= 20 m
characteristic = White FL. 8s
marking = White
currentlens=

Cape Egmont Lighthouse is a Lighthouse at Cape Egmont in the Taranaki Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is owned and operated by Maritime New Zealand. The light was originally constructed on Mana Island to the north west of Porirua in 1865, but it was sometimes confused with the Pencarrow Head light at the entrance to Wellington Harbour and in 1877 the light was dismantled and moved to Cape Egmont.

The light was fully automated in 1986.

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