listed on the Queensland Heritage Register, listed on the Register of the National Estate
Light
Focal height
121 feet (37 m)[2]
Lens
second order Fresnel lens
Range
20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi)
Characteristic
Fl W 10s.[3]
Booby Island Light is an active heritage-listed lighthouse located on Booby Island in the Shire of Torres, near the tip of Cape York Peninsula, west of Prince of Wales Island, within the Endeavour Strait, Queensland, Australia. It marks the western entrance to the navigation channel through the Torres Strait.[5] It was the last of the major lights to be constructed along the Queensland coast.[6]
^List of Lights, Rowlett and AHD19045. QLD601724 states 16m.
^List of Lights. Rowlett lists 120 feet (37 m).
^List of Lights. Rowlett lists 7.5s.
^AHD19045 and QLD601724. Rowlett says cast iron.
^Rowlett.
^QLD601724.
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