• Thumbnail for Stephens Island Lighthouse
    The Stephens Island / Takapourewa lighthouse is one of New Zealand most powerful lights with a range of 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi). Perched 183 metres...
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    its last refuge was Stephens Island in Cook Strait. Often claimed to be a species driven extinct by a single creature (a lighthouse keeper's cat named...
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    Stephens Island is at the northernmost tip of the Marlborough Sounds in the South Island of New Zealand. It lies two kilometres to the northeast of Cape...
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    The Fire Island Lighthouse is a visible landmark on the Great South Bay, in southern Suffolk County, New York on the western end of Fire Island, a barrier...
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    station located on Paratutae Island was moved south, close to the location of the lighthouse. The Manukau Heads Lighthouse was constructed in 1874. Its...
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    French Pass Lighthouse together with a stone beacon mark a channel through the turbulent waters between Rangitoto ki te Tonga / D’Urville Island and the South...
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  • Thumbnail for Cape Brett Lighthouse
    Cape Brett Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Cape Brett in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. The site was surveyed and chosen in 1908...
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    continues to staff a lighthouse on the island; the first lighthouse was constructed there in 1832. The relationship of Machias Seal Island to the Grand Manan...
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    The Dog Island Lighthouse on Dog Island in Foveaux Strait is New Zealand's tallest lighthouse, and one of its oldest. It is notable for its masonry construction...
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    Cuvier Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Cuvier Island, a small island off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is owned and operated...
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    Castle Point Lighthouse, located near the village of Castlepoint in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, is the North Island's tallest...
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    Puysegur Point Lighthouse is located on a remote headland overlooking the Tasman Sea at the southwest corner of New Zealand's South Island. The Puysegur...
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    The Five Finger Islands Light is a lighthouse located on a small island that lies between Stephens Passage and Frederick Sound in southeastern Alaska....
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  • Thumbnail for Sand Island Light (Alabama)
    Sand Island Light, also known as Sand Island Lighthouse (and historical light station), is a decommissioned lighthouse located at the southernmost point...
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    To the Lighthouse is a 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf. The novel centres on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910...
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    0 mi) southwest of Cape Clear Island and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from County Cork on the Irish mainland. The current lighthouse is the second to be built on...
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  • Thumbnail for Cape Palliser Lighthouse
    Cape Palliser Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Cape Palliser in the Wellington region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is owned and operated by Maritime...
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    This is a list of lighthouses in the United States. The United States has had approximately a thousand lights as well as light towers, range lights, and...
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  • Thumbnail for Cape Reinga Lighthouse
    Cape Reinga Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Cape Reinga in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is owned and operated by Maritime...
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  • Thumbnail for Nugget Point Lighthouse
    Nugget Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Nugget Point in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is owned and operated by Maritime New...
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    early as 1857, the need for a lighthouse on Point Stephens was identified, due to the proximity to the entrance of Port Stephens, and the dangers of the local...
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    2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011. Rangitoto Island Light in Lighthouse Digest's Lighthouse Explorer Database Lighthouses of New Zealand Archived 30 March 2019...
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  • Thumbnail for Mokohinau Islands Lighthouse
    Mokohinau Islands Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Burgess Island, one of the Mokohinau Islands, which lie off the northeast coast of the North Island of New...
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    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...
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  • Thumbnail for East Cape Lighthouse
    further notice. East Cape Lighthouse is a lighthouse sited on Otiki Hill above East Cape, the easternmost point on the North Island of New Zealand. It is...
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  • Thumbnail for Cape Campbell Lighthouse
    Cape Campbell Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Cape Campbell in the Marlborough region of the South Island of New Zealand. It is owned and operated by Maritime...
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  • Thumbnail for Bean Rock Lighthouse
    Bean Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse situated at the end of a reef in the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the only remaining example...
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    mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military prison. In 1934, the island was converted into a federal prison...
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  • Thumbnail for Tuhawaiki Point Lighthouse
    Tuhawaiki Point Lighthouse or Jack's Point Lighthouse stands near to Timaru at the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The lighthouse stands at Jack's...
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  • Thumbnail for Baring Head Lighthouse
    Baring Head Lighthouse is a concrete lighthouse at Baring Head in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, with an LED beacon powered...
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