Wedge Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse in South Australia
Lighthouse
35°10.6′S 136°29.3′E / 35.1767°S 136.4883°E / -35.1767; 136.4883Wedge Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in the Australian state of South Australia located on Wedge Island at the entrance to Spencer Gulf.
It was first lit on 29 March 1911 and rebuilt in 1970 and is located on the highest point of the island.[1] During the Second World War the RAAF operated No. 7 radar station at the lighthouse site, with a staff of about 30.[2] This station was disbanded in November 1945.
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References
External links
- Australian Maritime Safety Authority
- Wedge Island Lighthouse in Lighthouse Digest's Lighthouse Explorer Database
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Lighthouses of South Australia
- Althorpe Island
- Cape Banks
- Cape Borda
- Cape Donington
- Cape du Couedic
- Cape Jaffa
- Cape Jaffa tower
- Cape Jaffa platform
- Cape Jervis
- Cape Martin
- Cape Spencer
- Cape St Albans
- Cape Willoughby
- Corny Point
- Marino Rocks
- Penguin Island
- Point Lowly
- Point Malcolm
- Port Adelaide
- Cape Northumberland
- Old Macdonnell
- Robe
- South Neptune
- Tipara Reef
- Troubridge Hill
- Troubridge Island
- Wedge Island
- West Cape
- Wonga Shoal
- See also
- List of lighthouses in Australia
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