Year first lit 1878 Construction stone tower Height 11 m Focal height 24 m | Deactivated 1960 Light source acetylene First lit 1878 Automated 1918 | |
Location Penguin IslandSouth Australia Australia Tower shape cylindrical tower, lantern removed | ||
Penguin Island Lighthouse was a lighthouse located on Penguin Island at the north end of Rivoli Bay in South Australia.
It was first lit on 1 October 1878. In 1960, the lighthouse was decommissioned to allow the transfer of the light’s apparatus to a new lighthouse on Cape Martin to the immediate north. In 1904, John Hendry, head keeper of the lighthouse, was lost at sea and presumed drowned.
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