# Cape Sorell Lighthouse > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cape_Sorell_Lighthouse > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Cape_Sorell_Lighthouse.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Sorell_Lighthouse > Source revision: 1351873458 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Lighthouse in Tasmania, Australia Lighthouse Cape Sorell Lighthouse Location Tasmania Australia Coordinates 42°11′52.4″S 145°10′09.0″E / 42.197889°S 145.169167°E / -42.197889; 145.169167[1] Tower Constructed 1899 (1899) Construction brick tower Automated 1971 (1971) Height 40 metres (130 ft) Shape conical tower with balcony and lantern Markings white tower and lantern dome, grey lantern Power source solar power Heritage Australian Heritage Register Light Focal height 51 metres (167 ft) AHD Intensity white: 208,000 cp, red: 83,000 cp[2] Range white: 32 kilometres (20 mi), red: 19 kilometres (12 mi)[2] Characteristic Fl (2) 15s. The **Cape Sorell Lighthouse** is a [heritage-listed](/source/Register_of_the_National_Estate)[2] [lighthouse](/source/Lighthouse) that is located on [Cape Sorell](/source/Cape_Sorell) in the [West Coast](/source/West_Coast%2C_Tasmania) region of [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania), Australia. The lighthouse is situated approximately 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southwest of [Strahan](/source/Strahan%2C_Tasmania). Constructed[3] and first lit in 1899,[4][5] the 40-metre-high (130 ft) 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.[2][6] The [light characteristic](/source/Light_characteristic) is a group of two flashes that occurs every fifteen seconds, its [focal plane](/source/Focal_plane) is at 51 metres (167 ft) [above sea level](/source/Australian_Height_Datum) with a white light intensity of 208,000 [candlepower](/source/Candlepower), visible for 32 kilometres (20 mi) and the red, of 83,000 candlepower, visible for 19 kilometres (12 mi).[2] Initially fed by vapourised [kerosene](/source/Kerosene), the station was automated in 1971[7] and in 1998, the light was converted to [solar power](/source/Solar_power).[8] Further automation occurred in 2012.[9] ## See also - [Australia portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Australia) - [Engineering portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Engineering) - [History of Tasmania](/source/History_of_Tasmania) - [List of lighthouses in Tasmania](/source/List_of_lighthouses_in_Australia#Tasmania) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Cape Sorell Lighthouse (TAS)"](https://www.ga.gov.au/place-name/PlaceDetails.jsp?submit1=TAS18539). *[Gazetteer of Australia](/source/Gazetteer_of_Australia) online*. [Geoscience Australia](/source/Geoscience_Australia), Australian Government. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ahd_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ahd_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ahd_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-ahd_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-ahd_2-4) ["Place ID 13246"](https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=13246). *[Australian Heritage Database](/source/Australian_Heritage_Database)*. [Australian Government](/source/Australian_Government). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Cape Sorell Lighthouse"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84670930). *[Zeehan and Dundas Herald](/source/Zeehan_and_Dundas_Herald)*. Vol. IX, no. 147. Tasmania, Australia. 6 April 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 15 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Cape Sorell Light"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84666095). *[Zeehan and Dundas Herald](/source/Zeehan_and_Dundas_Herald)*. Vol. IX, no. 302. Tasmania, Australia. 4 October 1899. p. 4. Retrieved 13 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["THE CAPE SORELL LIGHTHOUSE"](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9442752). *[The Mercury](/source/The_Mercury_(Hobart))*. Vol. LXXIII, no. 9051. Tasmania. 6 March 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 13 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/6497597/the-isolated-community-that-suddenly-disappeared/](https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/6497597/the-isolated-community-that-suddenly-disappeared/) The Advocate newspaper, Tasmania:The isolated community that suddenly disappeared 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** The visitors book for 1932 -1969 has been retained at the Maritime Museums of Tasmania [*Visitors book – Cape Sorell Lighthouse*](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/185274659), retrieved 13 May 2016 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Rowlett, Russ. ["Lighthouses of Australia: Tasmania"](https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/tas.htm). *The Lighthouse Directory*. [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Sinclair, Ian (10 April 2012), [*Old lighthouse goes automatic*](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/193098263), retrieved 13 May 2016 ## External links - [Australian Maritime Safety Authority](http://www.amsa.gov.au/navigation/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170630152453/http://amsa.gov.au/navigation/) 30 June 2017 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) v t e Western region of Tasmania, Australia Cities and other settlements Queenstown Crotty Darwin Dundas Gormanston Guildford Linda Pillinger Regatta Point Rosebery Strahan Tullah Waratah Williamsford Zeehan Governance Braddon (federal) Braddon (state) Franklin Land District Montgomery Land District Montagu Land District West Coast Council Lyell Murchison Zeehan Mountains West Coast Range Black Darwin Dundas Heemskirk Huxley Jukes Lyell Murchison Owen Read Read Volcanics Sedgwick Sorell Strahan Zeehan Tyndall Geikie Tyndall Eldon Eldon Peak Engineer unnamed peak Raglan unnamed peak Sticht unnamed peak National parks Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area Rivers Anne Anthony Franklin Gordon Henty King Lea Mackintosh Murchison Pieman Queen Sophia Lakes Beatrice Burbury Dora Gordon Mackintosh Murchison Pieman Rosebery Westwood Dams Anthony Crotty Darwin Gordon Henty Mackintosh Tullabardine Lake Margaret Murchison Reece Power stations Anthony Power Development Bastyan Gordon John Butters Lake Margaret Mackintosh Reece Tribute Transport Anthony Road Hercules Haulage Lyell Highway Murchison Highway Queenstown Airport Strahan Airport Railways Emu Bay Macquarie Heads breakwater Melba Mount Dundas-Zeehan North East Dundas North Mount Lyell Wee Georgie Wood West Coast Wilderness Zeehan-Strahan Railway stations and former railway stations Queenstown Zeehan Landmarks Natural Birchs Inlet Cape Sorell Darwin Crater Granville Harbour Hells Gates Iron Blow Kelly Basin Linda Valley Macquarie Harbour Montezuma Falls Nelson Falls Ocean Beach Trial Harbour Man-made Cape Sorell Lighthouse Gaiety Theatre Galley Museum Paragon Theatre Queenstown Oval People of note Convicts on the West Coast Crotty Davey Gould Joyce Long Moore Pearce Piguenit Piners Sticht Whitham Mining Comstock Mine Copper Mines Henty Gold Mine Mount Jukes Mine sites Mount Lyell Mining & Railway Company Mount Lyell Remediation and Research and Demonstration Program North Mount Lyell North Mount Lyell Disaster (1912) Renison Bell Stichtite West Coast Tasmania Mines Books and newspapers For the Term of His Natural Life Gould's Book of Fish The Peaks of Lyell West Coast Miner Zeehan & Dundas Herald Other Darwin glass The Unconformity Round Earth Theatre Company Tasmanian West bioregion Western Tasmanian Football Association Western Tasmanian languages Authority control databases: Geographic ARLHS Admiralty: K3660 NGA --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Cape Sorell Lighthouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Sorell_Lighthouse) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Sorell_Lighthouse?action=history)). 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