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Cape Palliser Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Cape Palliser in the Wellington region of the North Island of New Zealand.[1] It is owned and operated by Maritime New Zealand.

Cape Palliser Lighthouse

Location	Cape Palliser North Island New Zealand
Coordinates	41°36′42.9″S 175°17′23.8″E
Tower
Constructed	1897
Construction	cast iron tower
Automated	1986
Height	18 metres (59 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white and red horizontal bands tower, white lantern, black lantern dome
Power source	mains electricity
Operator	Maritime New Zealand[1][2]
Light
Focal height	78 metres (256 ft)
Lens	second order Fresnel lens
Range	26 nautical miles (48 km; 30 mi)
Characteristic	FL(2) W 20s

The light was built in 1897 and was originally fueled by oil. In 1954 the oil lamp was replaced with an electric one powered by a local diesel generator. This was subsequently replaced by a connection to the mains grid in 1967, although a diesel generator is retained for emergency power. The light was fully automated in 1986 and is now managed from a control room in Wellington.

The base of the lighthouse is reached via a staircase with 258 steps, up a 58-metre-high cliff. This staircase – built in 1912 – replaced a dangerous dirt track.[1]

Cape Palliser lighthouse is one of three New Zealand lighthouses with a distinct striped paint scheme; the other two are Dog Island Lighthouse and Cape Campbell Lighthouse, which both have black and white stripes.[3][4]

See also

• List of lighthouses in New Zealand

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cape Palliser Lighthouse.

• Lighthouses of New Zealand Maritime New Zealand
• Cape Palliser Lighthouse in Lighthouse Digest's Lighthouse Explorer Database

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