- Cape Naturaliste
Infobox_lighthouse
name=Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse
location= Cape Naturaliste, Western Australia
caption=
coordinates =
yearlit= 1904
yeardeactivated=
automated=
intensity=930,000 cd
elevation=123 metres
range=convert|25|nmi|km|0
foundation=
construction=Limestone
shape=Cylindrical
marking=White
height= 23 meters
lens=First order Fresnel by Chance Brothers
characteristic=Fl. (2) 10 s
admiralty=K1790
NGA=8880
ARLHS=AUS-040Cape Naturaliste is a headland in the south western region of
Western Australia at the western edge of theGeographe Bay . It is the northernmost point of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste Ridge which was named after the cape. Also theLeeuwin-Naturaliste National Park and the Cape to Cape hiking track were named after this location.ettlements
The nearest settlement is "Bunker Bay" - a community that evolved from holiday shacks to very expensive housing for wealthy residents. Further east, across the Bay, is
Dunsborough - a much older settlement. Busselton is located still further east from there.Lighthouse
Cape Naturaliste is also the site of a lighthouse which was activated in
1904 . It is a 20 m high cylindrical tower built of limestone that still uses its original first orderFresnel lens made byChance Brothers . Thelight characteristic is "Fl. (2) 10 s", i.e. a group of two flashes every ten seconds, thefocal plane is at 123 m above sea level. Another precious lense 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 thePilbara coast further north.References
* Fornasiero, Jean; Monteath, Peter and West-Sooby, John. "Encountering Terra Australis: the Australian voyages of Nicholas Baudin and Matthew Flinders", Kent Town, South Australia,Wakefield Press,2004. ISBN 1-86254-625-8
* Marchant, Leslie R. "French Napoleonic Placenames of the South West Coast", Greenwood, WA. R.I.C. Publications, 2004. ISBN 1-74126-094-9
*cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/wau.htm|author=Rowlett, Russ|title=The Lighthouse Directory
*cite web|url=http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/WA/Cape%20Naturaliste/Cape%20Naturaliste.htm|author=Lighthouses of Australia Inc.|title=The Cape Naturaliste LighthouseExternal links
* http://www.upnaway.com/~obees/lights/walightsframe.htm
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