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Cape Brett Lighthouse
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Location Cape Brett
North Island
New Zealand
Coordinates 35°10′31.1″S 174°19′57.3″E / 35.175306°S 174.332583°E / -35.175306; 174.332583
Year first constructed 1910 (first)
Year first lit 1978 (current)
Deactivated 1978 (first)
Construction cast iron tower (first)
fibreglass tower (current)
Tower shape cylindrical tower with lantern
Markings / pattern white tower
Height approx. 15 metres (49 ft) (first)
4 metres (13 ft) (current)
Focal height 146 metres (479 ft)
Characteristic Fl W 15s. (current)
Admiralty number K3709
NGA number 3912
ARLHS number NZL-005

Cape Brett Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Cape Brett in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. The site was surveyed and chosen in 1908 by Captain John Bollons of NZGSS Hinemoa.

The lighthouse was deactivated and keepers were withdrawn in 1978 and replaced by an automated beacon on the same site.

Cape Brett Lighthouse and its associated structures are on the Heritage New Zealand list as a Category 1 Historic Place List No: 7799. It was registered on 26 June 2009.

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