South Head Lower Light
Hornby Lighthouse, also known as South Head Lower Light or South Head Signal Station, is a heritage-listed active lighthouse located on the tip of South Head, New South Wales, Australia, a headland to the north of the suburb Watsons Bay.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia
- Also known as: “Hornby Light” and “Hornby Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lady Bay Beach and HMAS Watson.
HMAS Watson
Military installation
Photo: Saberwyn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HMAS Watson is a Royal Australian Navy base on Sydney Harbour at South Head, near Watsons Bay in Sydney, Australia. Commissioned in 1945, the base served as the RAN's radar training school. HMAS Watson is situated 460 metres south of South Head Lower Light.
Eastern Channel Pile Light
Lighthouse
The Eastern Channel Pile Light, also known as the East Wedding Cake due to its shape, is an active pile lighthouse located on Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, off Laings Point, Vaucluse. It marks the eastern end of the Sow and Pigs Reef. Eastern Channel Pile Light is situated 1¼ km southwest of South Head Lower Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manly and Balgowlah.
Manly
Photo: Jc8136, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Manly is a harbour and ocean-side suburb and locality of Sydney and the southernmost of Sydney's Northern Beaches. It is known for its beaches and for its surfing culture.
Balgowlah
Suburb
Photo: MD111, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balgowlah is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Balgowlah said to be an Aboriginal name for "North Harbour". The area now known as Balgowlah was known to the Aboriginals as Jilling. Balgowlah is situated 4½ km north of South Head Lower Light.
Lower North Shore
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
The Lower North Shore is the metropolitan area on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour and is surrounded by Middle Harbour to the east and Lane Cove River to the west. The region extends as far north as Chatswood, where beyond that is the Upper North Shore.
South Head Lower Light
- Categories: building, historic site, historic building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Municipality of Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.83356° or 33° 50′ 1″ southLongitude
151.28101° or 151° 16′ 52″ eastOpen location code
4RRH578J+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 435461991OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11287997Wikidata ID
Q12060536
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Satellite Map
Discover South Head Lower Light from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“South Head Lower Light” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Hornby”
- Italian: “Faro Hornby”
- Malay: “Rumah Api Hornby”
- Turkish: “Hornby Deniz Feneri”
- Turkish: “Hornby Lighthouse”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Watsons Bay and The Gap.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Lightkeeper’s Cottage 1858 and South Head Heritage Trail.
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