Suffield Point Lighthouse
Suffield Point Lighthouse has a focal height of 52 metres and a range of 6 nautical miles.
- Focal height
- 52 metres
- Range
- 6 nautical miles
- Light characteristic
- Fl W 5s.
- Coordinates
- -62.19403, -58.91919
The Suffield Point Lighthouse is located in Antarctica. It has a focal height of 52m and a range of 6 nautical miles. The year it was built is not available.
Light and tower
It has a square truncated tower. The tower is built of aluminium skeletal. Its daymark is white tower and red band. The light has a focal height of 52 metres. The light has a range of 6 nautical miles. Its light characteristic is Fl W 5s. The NGA list of lights numbers it 2722. The Admiralty list of lights numbers it G1387.8.
Details
- Marking
- white tower and red band
- Range Nm
- 6
- Foundation
- concrete base
- Nga Number
- 2722
- Description
- '''Suffield Point''' is the south-west entrance point of Norma Cove, Fildes Peninsula, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was charted in the course of the Discovery Investigations, 1933–35, and named after boatswain William E. Suffield. The site is part of the Fildes Peninsula Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA 125), designated as such because of its paleontological values.
- Tower Shape
- square truncated tower
- Focal Height M
- 52
- Admiralty Number
- G1387.8
- Light Characteristic
- Fl W 5s.
- Construction Material
- aluminium skeletal tower