Port Shepstone Lighthouse
The Port Shepstone Lighthouse is an 8 m high, round cast iron tower in Port Shepstone, at the mouth of the Umzimkulu River on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was commissioned on 10 March 1905.
The lighthouse is painted with a checkered black and white pattern. The electric light, mounted on a rotating system, produces 1,130,000 CD and can be seen 26 nautical miles away. The light flashes once every 6 seconds and has a focal plane of 24 m above the high water mark.[1]
The lighthouse was originally located at Scottburgh, at the southern end of Aliwal Shoal (site of several ship wrecks), and later transferred to its current position.[2]
The lighthouse was declared a national monument in 1995.[3]
The lighthouse replaced an earlier signal station, set up in 1895, which had a ship masthead lantern at the top of a ladder-like structure.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Lighthouses of South Africa
- ^ a b "Kwazulu-Natal : Port Shepstone". Transnet National Ports Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "Looking back on South Coast history: September 24 to 30". South Coast Herald. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2025.