Booby Island Light
Booby Island Light is an active heritage-listed lighthouse located on Booby Island in the Shire of Torres, near the tip of Cape York Peninsula, west of Prince of Wales Island, within the Endeavour Strait, Queensland, Australia. It marks the western entrance to the navigation channel through the Torres Strait. It was the last of the major lights to be constructed along the Queensland coast.
Booby Island Lighthouse and one of the deteriorated cottages | |
| Location | Booby Island, Queensland, Australia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 10°36′15″S 141°54′40″E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1890 |
| Construction | timber frame clad with galvanised iron |
| Automated | 1992 |
| Height | 59 feet (18 m) |
| Shape | conical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white (tower), red (dome) |
| Heritage | listed on the Queensland Heritage Register, listed on the Register of the National Estate |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 121 feet (37 m) |
| Lens | second order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 20 nmi (37 km; 23 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s. |
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