Low Head Lighthouse is in Low Head, Tasmania, about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north of George Town on the east side of the mouth of the Tamar River. It was...
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has a lighthouse, beaches and a colony of little penguins (Eudyptula minor). The foghorn, a Chance Brothers "Type G" diaphone at Low Head Lighthouse, is...
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Spurn (redirect from Spurn Lighthouse)
is known as Spurn Head or Spurn Point and was, until early 2023, the home to an RNLI lifeboat station and two disused lighthouses. It forms part of the...
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Trevose Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Trevose Head on the north Cornish coast at grid reference SW850766 lying to the WSW of Padstow and was sited...
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Strumble Head Lighthouse stands on Ynys Meicel (from Welsh: St. Michael's Island), also known as Strumble Head, a rocky island at the northwest corner...
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Tamar has several minor tributaries including the Supply River. Low Head Lighthouse is located at the tip of a peninsula, on the east side of the mouth...
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Head Harbour Lighthouse, also known as East Quoddy Head Light (mostly by Americans to differentiate the Canadian beacon from its American counterpart...
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A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon...
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Knott family (redirect from Knott family of lighthouse keepers)
) (Son of Henry Thomas born 1797) South Foreland Low lighthouse (1841) Flamborough Head lighthouse (1851–1880, 39 years service) John Knott (born 1820...
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Low Point Lighthouse (also known as 'Flat Point Lighthouse') is an historic Canadian lighthouse marking the eastern entrance to Sydney Harbour at New...
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often hidden by fog and low-lying clouds. Trinity House recommended a new lighthouse lower down right at the point of the Old Head. Construction started...
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in 1996, but restored in 2003 for the benefit of visitors. Low Head Lighthouse in Low Head, Tasmania possesses the only working Type G diaphone (one of...
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Fastnet Lighthouse is a 54-metre-tall (177 ft) lighthouse situated on the remote Fastnet Rock in the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most southerly point of...
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the Australian mainland Mount George Tamar Valley Semaphore Low Head and Low Head Lighthouse Batman Bridge - Joining the George Town Municipality to the...
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Beachy Head Lighthouse. Formerly used for lighting trials for Trinity House. Replaced by Longstone Lighthouse in 1826. Replaced by High & Low lights in...
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Iron Pot Lighthouse". Lighthouses of Tasmania. Lighthouses of Australia Inc. Retrieved 19 August 2010. "The Low Head Lighthouse". Lighthouses of Tasmania...
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Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse that overlooks the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway, one of Britain's deep water harbours, from St. Ann's Head near...
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Pot Lighthouse Kelly's Steps, Hobart Lady Franklin Gallery, Lenah Valley Launceston College, Tasmania Longford Railway Bridge Low Head Lighthouse Maatsuyker...
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Rattray Head beach can be up to 75 feet (23 m) high and stretch 17 miles (27 km) from St Combs to Peterhead. The 120-foot (37 m) Rattray Head lighthouse was...
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The Eddystone Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the Eddystone Rocks, 9 statute miles (14 km) south of Rame Head in Cornwall, England. The rocks are submerged...
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Windmill Hill, Mt. Direction, Mt.George, George Town Port Office, Low Head lighthouse. The Tamar Valley semaphore telegraph operated for twenty-two and...
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Pencarrow Head Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse at Pencarrow Head in the Wellington region of the North Island of New Zealand. Constructed in...
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construction began on the Belle Tout Lighthouse on the next headland west from Beachy Head. Because mist and low clouds could hide the light of Belle...
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329796°E / -33.580147; 151.329796 The Barrenjoey Head Lighthouse is a heritage-listed lighthouse at Barrenjoey Headland in the Sydney suburb of Palm...
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Race Rocks Lighthouse, the second oldest lighthouse on the West Coast of Canada. Roberts Bank Light Sands Head Light Scarlett Point Lighthouse Sheringham...
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Scotland. http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Cantick-Head/ http://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Cape-Wrath/ "Listed building...
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No One Lives Under the Lighthouse is a 2020 horror-adventure game developed by Ukrainian studio Marevo Collective. The game was developed by independent...
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difference in height between high tide and low tide) of any location in the world. It is also home to Burntcoat Head Park, which offers public access to the...
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has two standing lighthouse towers, the oldest dating from 1669 and Flamborough Head Lighthouse built in 1806. The older lighthouse was designated a Grade...
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Dunnet Head lighthouse are minor fortifications built during World War II to protect the naval base at Scapa Flow, including a Chain Home Low radar station...
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