| Location: | Cape Naturaliste, Western Australia, Australia | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | -33.5373°N 115.0187°W | ||||||||
| Yearbuilt: | 1904 | ||||||||
| Intensity: | 930,000 cd | ||||||||
| Construction: | Limestone tower | ||||||||
| Shape: | Cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern | ||||||||
| Marking: | White tower and lantern | ||||||||
| Lens: | 1st order Chance Brothers Fresnel lens | ||||||||
| Characteristic: | Fl W (2) 10 s | ||||||||
| Managingagent: | Australian Maritime Safety Authority | ||||||||
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Cape Naturaliste, in the south west of Western Australia, is the site of a lighthouse which was activated in 1904.[1]
It is a 20adj=midNaNadj=mid cylindrical tower built of limestone that still uses its original first order Fresnel lens made by Chance Brothers. The light characteristic is "Fl. (2) 10 s", i.e. a group of two flashes every ten seconds, the focal plane is at above sea level. Another precious lens optic is displayed there, the second order Fresnel lens of the Jarman Island Light, as well as the original Great Sandy Islands beacon. Both items were originally used on the Pilbara coast further north.
The lighthouse is constructed of limestone quarried from nearby Bunker Bay, which was also known as the Quarries.