North Head Lighthouse, Saldanha Bay

Saldanha Bay North Head
*Saldanhabaai*
Location	Saldanha, West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape; South Africa
Coordinates	33°03′02.2″S 17°54′39.1″E / 33.050611°S 17.910861°E
Tower
Constructed	1939 (first)
Construction	masonry tower
Height	21 metres (69 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and small lantern
Markings	tower with black and white spiral bands, white lantern
Light
First lit	2005 (current)
Focal height	32 metres (105 ft)
Lens	250 mm catadioptric
Intensity	511,000 cd
Range	23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi)
Characteristic	Fl (3) W 20s.

The first North Head Lighthouse on the northern side of the Saldanha Bay entrance, in South Africa, was a 300mm AGA acetylene gas lantern mounted on a square concrete pillar, installed on December 7, 1939.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] It had a small diaphone fog signal.^[2]

A new aluminium tower came into operation on 1969-12-02,^[2] about 100 metres from the previous lighthouse.^[1] The fully automatic revolving electric optic is powered by triple mutual diesel/alternator sets.^[1] The lighthouse is monitored at Cape Columbine.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Lighthouses of South Africa. Portnet. 1991. p. 16. ISBN 0-620-16367-4.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Williams, Harold A. (1993). Southern lights: lighthouses of Southern Africa. Rivonia: William Waterman publications. p. 124. ISBN 0-9583751-1-9.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Western South Africa". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
^ Saldanha Bay (North Head), Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society