Cape Egmont Lighthouse is a

lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...

at Cape Egmont in the

Taranaki Region Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano Taranaki Maunga, formerly known as Mount Egmont. The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth ...

of the

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of New Zealand.Cape Egmont Lighthouse Profile
(from the Maritime New Zealand website It is owned and operated by Maritime New Zealand. The light was manufactured by Simpson & Co.,

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, in 1864 and erected on Mana Island to the north west of

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in 1865, but it was sometimes confused with the Pencarrow Head light at the entrance to

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and in 1877 the light was dismantled and moved to Cape Egmont. The light was demanned and fully automated in 1986.

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