Cape du Couedic Lighthouse
Also known as: Cape du Couedic Lighthouse
15th South Australian lighthouse (built 1906-1909) on Kangaroo Island, materials hauled up an 85 m cliff by flying fox. Automated 1957.
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Place
- Country
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- Region
- Needs review
- Locality
- Not recorded
- Water area
- Not recorded
- Coordinate source
- NGA Pub. 111 (2026)
Identity
- LUX ID
- LUX-LH-000519
- Review status
- approved
- Object kind
- Lighthouse
- Mobility
- fixed
Structure
- Status
- Not recorded
- Construction date
- Not recorded
- Tower height
- Not recorded
- Tower form
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- Material
- Not recorded
- Daymark / colour scheme
- Not recorded
- Focal height
- Not recorded
- Light height
- Not recorded
Signal
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- Not recorded
- Light intensity
- Not recorded
- Light range
- Not recorded
- Light number
- Not recorded
- Operation
- Not recorded
- Legacy light IDs
- Not recorded
- Call sign
- Not recorded
- Lens / optics
- Not curated
Position
- Latitude
- -36.05833
- Longitude
- 136.70333
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Names & naming history
- Cape du Couedic Lighthouse
Heritage identity & evidence
Identity
- LUX ID
LUX-LH-000519- Type
- Lighthouse
- Object kind
- Lighthouse
Review & coverage
External identifiers
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Key source-backed claims
- Official navigation position latitude: -36.05833, longitude: 136.70333 · NGA Pub. 111: List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals (2026) high
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Official navigation position
Selected value: latitude: -36.05833, longitude: 136.70333
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- latitude: -36.05833, longitude: 136.70333 · NGA Pub. 111: List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals (2026) high
Key sources
3 active / 3 total in-archive source links. Full sources below
External Identity Graph
- LUX Light ArchiveLUX-LH-000519 Canonical LUX ID
Local identity anchor for the record and related claims.
- Source URLs3 active / 3 total in-record source links Record source URLs
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- Cape du Couedic Lighthouse-36.05833, 136.70333
Source Evidence
- Cape du Couedic Lighthouse - Chance apparatus historyReports that Cape du Couedic was fitted with a Chance Brothers lantern and lens, with Chance Brothers lenses also described in later operation.
- List of lighthouses in Australia - Cape du CouedicCorroborates Cape du Couedic Lighthouse as an Australian lighthouse identity/location reference.
- NGA Pub. 111: List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals (2026)Exact named NGA navigation-list entry 8148; published position 36°03.5′ S, 136°42.2′ E. Decimal degrees are a direct conversion of the published degrees and minutes.