Cape Donnington Lighthouse (Cape Donington)

Australia

1960s (station established 1878). Active; focal plane 33 m (108 ft); white light occulting every 6 s. 17 m (57 ft) hexagonal cylindrical concrete tower with lantern and gallery. Tower unpainted, gallery and lantern roof painted white. Nearby Donington Cottage, built by the early keeper William Argent in 1899, has been restored and is available for overnight accommodations. Julie Burgher has a 2012 closeup photo, Jonathan Devasagayam has a 2018 photo, Trabas has Jim Smith's view from the sea, and Google has a street view and a satellite view. Located on the cape, east of Port Lincoln; accessible by an unsealed road.

Cape Donington is a headland in the Australian state of South Australia located at the most northerly part of the Jussieu Peninsula on the east coast of Eyre Peninsula in about 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) east of the city of Port Lincoln.

It is the southern entrance point for the natural harbour known as Port Lincoln. The cape is described by one source as being "the N[orth] extremity of a peninsula which extends 4 nautical miles (7.4 kilometres; 4.6 miles) N[orth] from the coast", that "this extension forms the E[ast] side of Spalding Cove" and that "about 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 kilometres; 0.58 miles) S[outh] W[est] of the cape, the land rises to a wooded summit, 53 metres (174 feet) high."

It was named by the Royal Navy officer, Matthew Flinders, on 25 February 1802 reportedly after "his native village in Lincolnshire". The land around Cape Donington was first used for agricultural purposes in 1875. A navigation aid consisting of a light was installed in 1905 and was subsequently replaced by a lighthouse.

After 1972, the land was added to the Lincoln National Park with a parcel of land sized at 4 hectares (9.9 acres) being leased to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority for the purpose of operating the lighthouse.

Lighthouse Construction 1905
Country Australia
Lens Order 3rd order
Status publish
Light Character white light occulting every 6 s.
Lighthouse Markings 17 m (57 ft) hexagonal cylindrical concrete tower with lantern and gallery. Tower unpainted, gallery and lantern roof painted white.
Management Body Ports Authority AMSA
Preserver National Parks South Australia (Lincoln National Park)
Coastal Erosion Vulnerability 1
Open Status (Site) Open
Open Status (Tower) Closed
Coordinates -34.7265433751,135.9938336718
Other ARLHS AUS-029; Admiralty Q1878; NGA 8664.
Data Source 1. https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/sa.htm 2. https://lighthouses.org.au/sa/cape-donnington-lighthouse/ 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Donington

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