Baring Head Lighthouse

Baring Head Lighthouse

Infobox_lighthouse|name= Baring Head Lighthouse [http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/publications/lighthouses/baringhead.pdf Baring Head Lighthouse Profile] (from the Maritime New Zealand website)]
location= Baring Head, North Island, New Zealand
caption=
coordinates = 41°25'S 174°52'E
yearbuilt = 1935
yearlit = 1935
yeardeactivated=
automated= 1989
intensity=
elevation= 87 m
range= 18 Km
foundation=
construction= Concrete
shape= Hexagonal tower
height= 12 m
characteristic = White Oc. 15s
marking = White
currentlens=

Baring Head Lighthouse is a Lighthouse at Baring Head in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is owned and operated by Maritime New Zealand.

Its purpose was to be the main light for the Cook Strait and Wellington Harbour and replaced the light at Pencarrow Head which was decomissioned in 1935. The lighthouse was initially powered by a diesel generator but was converted to mains electricity in 1950. The light was fully automated in 1989.

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