Global InformationCreal Reef Light information
 The light is the tower on the left | |
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| Location | Mackay Queensland Australia |
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| Coordinates | 20°32′02.3″S 150°22′49.84″E / 20.533972°S 150.3805111°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1985 |
| Foundation | reinforced concrete on four piles |
| Construction | stainless steel skeletal tower |
| Height | 34.5 metres (113 ft) |
| Shape | square pyramidal tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white tower with an orange square daymark in the upper half |
| Power source | solar power  |
| Operator | Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
| Racon | M |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 32 metres (105 ft) |
| Lens | VRB-25 |
| Intensity | 104,000 cd |
| Characteristic | Fl W 7.5s |
Creal Reef Light is an active lighthouse located at Creal Reef, a planar reef about 150 kilometres (93 mi) east of Mackay, Queensland, Australia. It guides ships outgoing from Mackay into Hydrographers Passage, a deep water channel east of Mackay.[1] The structure is a stainless steel tower, which also serves as a daymark and carries a racon.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Southern Queensland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 14 November 2010.