Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse

On the most Southern Westerly tip of Australia, where the Indian and Southern Oceans meet, stands Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse as a solitary sentinel.

The Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse was first officially proposed in 1881 but did not come into service until fifteen years later. Built of local limestone the tower has an elevation of fifty-six metres above mean tide level with an intensity of one million candlepower. The light is visible for a range of approximately twenty-five nautical miles. The position of the light is Latitude 34'22 south, Longitude 115'08 east.

Cape Leeuwin was named by Mathew Flinders in 1801, taking the name of the adjoining area which had been named Leeuwin's Land by Dutch navigators. The lighthouse is an important link in the essential chain of navigation aids maintained by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse is situated nine kilometres south of Augusta on Australia's most southwesterly tip.