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. 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]

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^ Lighthouses of South Africa

30°44′31″S 30°27′32″E / 30.74197°S 30.45887°E / -30.74197; 30.45887

[1] Lighthouses of South Africa

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