Fitzroy Island Light
Fitzroy Island Light is an inactive lighthouse on Fitzroy Island, a continental island 29 kilometres southeast of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It was only active between 1973 and 1992 but, together with Little Fitzroy Island Light, there has been a light station in the area since 1929.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Queensland, Australia
- Also known as: “Fitzroy Island Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fitzroy Island.
Fitzroy Island
Photo: Jtagi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fitzroy Island is a continental island offshore from Cape Grafton, 29 km southeast of Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is a locality in the Cairns Region. In the 2021 census, Fitzroy Island had a population of 85 people.
Fitzroy Island Light
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Cairns, Far North Queensland, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-16.92611° or 16° 55′ 34″ southLongitude
146.00206° or 146° 0′ 7″ eastElevation
130 metres (427 feet)Inception
1973Open location code
5RM832F2+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 2282340081OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11288038Wikidata ID
Q5455705
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