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Iron Pot Lighthouse

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Construction
  
rubble masonry tower

Intensity
  
1,780 cd

Opened
  
1832

Focal height
  
20 m

Year first constructed
  
1832

Light source
  
solar power

Height
  
11 m

Range
  
20,372 m

Automated
  
1920

Iron Pot Lighthouse

Location
  
Storm Bay Tasmania Australia

Tower shape
  
square prism tower with balcony and lantern

Markings / pattern
  
white tower with a red horizontal band on the top

Similar
  
Iron Pot, Tasman Island Lighthouse, Cape Bruny Lighthouse, Cape Tourville Lighthouse, Macquarie Lighthouse

Quadcopter flight to the iron pot lighthouse



The Iron Pot Lighthouse, also known as the Derwent Lighthouse, is Tasmania’s oldest lighthouse, and the second oldest in Australia. The square tower was built in 1832. The 11-metre (36 ft)-tall tower has a range of 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi).

References

Iron Pot Lighthouse Wikipedia