{{Short description|Lighthouse in Tasmania, Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox lighthouse | name = Cape Sorell Lighthouse | image = | caption = | location = [[Tasmania]]<br />Australia | coordinates = {{coord|42|11|52.4|S|145|10|09.0|E|display=inline,title}}<ref>{{Gazetteer of Australia |name=Cape Sorell Lighthouse (TAS) |feature=TAS18539 |accessdate=28 June 2015 }}</ref> | yearbuilt = {{start date|1899}} | yearlit = | automated = {{start date|1971}} | yeardeactivated = | foundation = | construction = brick tower | shape = conical tower with balcony and lantern | marking = white tower and lantern dome, grey lantern | height = {{convert|40|m}} | focalheight = {{convert|51|m}} {{AHD}} | lens = | currentlens = | intensity = {{unbulleted list|white: 208,000 [[candlepower|cp]],|red: 83,000 cp<ref name=ahd/>}} | range = {{unbulleted list|white: {{convert|32|km}},|red: {{convert|19|km}}<ref name=ahd/>}} | characteristic = Fl (2) 15s. | fogsignal = | racon = | managingagent = | heritage = [[Register of the National Estate|Australian Heritage Register]] | module = }}
The '''Cape Sorell Lighthouse''' is a [[Register of the National Estate|heritage-listed]]<ref name=ahd>{{cite AHD|13246}}</ref> [[lighthouse]] that is located on [[Cape Sorell]] in the [[West Coast, Tasmania|West Coast]] region of [[Tasmania]], Australia. The lighthouse is situated approximately {{convert|12|km}} southwest of {{TAScity|Strahan}}.
Constructed<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84670930 |title=Cape Sorell Lighthouse. |newspaper=[[Zeehan and Dundas Herald]] |volume=IX |issue=147 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=6 April 1899 |accessdate=15 October 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and first lit in 1899,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84666095 |title=Cape Sorell Light. |newspaper=[[Zeehan and Dundas Herald]] |volume=IX |issue=302 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=4 October 1899 |accessdate=13 February 2018 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9442752 |title=THE CAPE SORELL LIGHTHOUSE. |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |volume=LXXIII |issue=9051 |location=Tasmania|date=6 March 1899 |accessdate=13 May 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> the {{convert|40|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} lighthouse is the only structure remaining from a brick complex of tower, three houses and engine room, except for the foundation remnants of the three keepers' residences.<ref name=ahd/><ref>https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/6497597/the-isolated-community-that-suddenly-disappeared/ The Advocate newspaper, Tasmania:The isolated community that suddenly disappeared</ref>
The [[light characteristic]] is a group of two flashes that occurs every fifteen seconds, its [[focal plane]] is at {{convert|51|m}} [[Australian Height Datum|above sea level]] with a white light intensity of 208,000 [[candlepower]], visible for {{convert|32|km}} and the red, of 83,000 candlepower, visible for {{convert|19|km}}.<ref name=ahd/>
Initially fed by vapourised [[kerosene]], the station was automated in 1971<ref>The visitors book for 1932 -1969 has been retained at the Maritime Museums of Tasmania {{Citation | title=Visitors book – Cape Sorell Lighthouse | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/185274659 | accessdate=13 May 2016 }}</ref> and in 1998, the light was converted to [[solar power]].<ref>{{cite rowlett|tas}}</ref>
Further automation occurred in 2012.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Sinclair, Ian | title=Old lighthouse goes automatic | date=2012-04-10 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/193098263 | accessdate=13 May 2016 }}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Australia|Engineering}} * [[History of Tasmania]] * [[List of lighthouses in Australia#Tasmania|List of lighthouses in Tasmania]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.amsa.gov.au/navigation/ Australian Maritime Safety Authority] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630152453/http://amsa.gov.au/navigation/ |date=30 June 2017 }}
{{Western Tasmania |state=autocollapse}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Lighthouses completed in 1899]] [[Category:Lighthouses in Tasmania]] [[Category:Tasmanian places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate]] [[Category:Commonwealth Heritage List places in Tasmania]] [[Category:1899 establishments in Australia]] [[Category:Cape Sorell]] [[Category:Tasmanian Heritage Register]]