Point Danger Light
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Point Danger Light, also known as the Captain Cook Memorial Light, is an active lighthouse located on Point Danger, a headland between Coolangatta and Tweed Heads, marking the border between Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. It lays claim to be the first lighthouse in the world to experiment with laser as a light source.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
History
Point Danger Light was the third of a group of seven concrete towers erected between 1964 and 1979 in Queensland, in order of erection Cape Capricorn Light, New Caloundra Light, itself, New Burnett Heads Light, Fitzroy Island Light, Point Cartwright Light and Archer Point Light.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Constructed in 1971,[1] it commemorates the bicentennial of Captain Cook's first voyage, and specifically the voyage along the east coast of Australia in 1770.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. It was first exhibited on 18 April 1971.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
The original light source was an experimental laser-based light,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. and the lighthouse may very well be the first in the world to experiment with this light source. However, the experiment failed.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The laser was too narrow to be easily seen by ships.[4] The light source was replaced in 1975 by a regular electric lamp.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Current display
The light characteristic shown is two white flashes every ten seconds (Fl.(2)W. 10s), visible at 170°-330°[5] for 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi).[3] The light source is an electric lamp, fed by a battery float charged from the mains electricity.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Structures
The lighthouse is constructed of four concrete columns, marked with the four cardinal directions, and a bronze sculpture hung between the columns.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Also, near-by is a one-story building housing the Marine Rescue NSW Point Danger station.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Site operation and visiting
The light is operated by Transport for NSW.[6] The site is accessible, but the tower is closed to the public.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
See also
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Notes
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- ^ a b List of Lights. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. states 10 nmi. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. and Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. list 18 nmi based on an AMSA plaque shown in Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found..
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Border, Cathy (8 February 2021). "Point Danger lighthouse redevelopment to be completed by December". ABC News. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
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References
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.List of Lights, Pub. 111: The West Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 128.
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Caloundra Lighthouses (entry 602746)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Searle, Garry. "List of Lighthouses - Queensland". Lighthouses of Australia. SeaSide Lights.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lighthouse Lights – NSW Maritime". maritime.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maizels, Grant and Tracey (1998). "Grant and Tracey's Lighthouse Pages – N.S.W./Queensland border – Point Danger". maizels.nu. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maizels, Grant and Tracey (1998b). "Grant and Tracey's Lighthouse Pages – NSW – Point Danger Light – Plaque". maizels.nu. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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