Pencarrow Lighthouse
Pencarrow Lighthouse, also known as Pencarrow Head Lighthouse, is a decommissioned lighthouse at Pencarrow Head in the Wellington region of the North Island of New Zealand.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Aidan Wojtas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in New Zealand
- Also known as: “Old Pencarrow Light”, “Old Pencarrow Lighthouse”, and “Pencarrow Head Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lake Kohangapiripiri and Lake Kohangatera.
Lake Kohangapiripiri
Lake
Lake Kohangapiripiri is one of the two freshwater Pencarrow lakes in Fitzroy Bay – the other being the slightly larger Lake Kohangatera. It stands to the east of Pencarrow Head, on the eastern side of New Zealand's Wellington Harbour, in East Harbour Regional Park, and is fed by Cameron Stream which rises on private land to its north.
Lake Kohangatera
Lake
Photo: Rudolph89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Kohangatera is one of two lakes in Fitzroy Bay. It has an open water area of 17 hectares and is fed by Gollans Stream, which has its headwaters on Mount Lowry, 14 km to the north.
Barrett Reef
Photo: Sendervictorius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The cluster of rocks that is Barrett Reef is one of the most hazardous reefs in New Zealand. It lies on the western side of the entrance of Wellington Harbour, on the approaches to the city of Wellington, at coordinates.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Breaker Bay and Moa Point.
Breaker Bay
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Photo: Quilt Phase, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Breaker Bay is a suburb on the south east coast of Wellington City in New Zealand, on the Miramar Peninsula. The suburb contains a 600 m wide bay with the same name. Breaker Bay is situated 3½ km northwest of Pencarrow Lighthouse.
Moa Point
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Photo: Andrew Harvey, CC BY 3.0.
Moa Point is a small suburb in Wellington, New Zealand, situated on the south coast between Lyall Bay to the west and Tarakena Bay to the east. As of 2015 there were 21 households in the suburb. Moa Point is situated 4 km northwest of Pencarrow Lighthouse.
Seatoun
Suburb
Photo: Pseudopanax, Public domain.
Seatoun is an eastern suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand and lies on the east coast of the Miramar Peninsula, close to the entrance to Wellington Harbour. Seatoun is situated 4 km north of Pencarrow Lighthouse.
Pencarrow Lighthouse
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lower Hutt City, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.3589° or 41° 21′ 32″ southLongitude
174.85004° or 174° 51′ 0″ eastElevation
70 metres (230 feet)Operator
Greater Wellington Regional CouncilOpen location code
4VCPJVR2+C2OpenStreetMap ID
node 1907945529OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Pencarrow Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Pencarrow Head Lighthouse”
- French: “Pencarrow Head Lighthouse”
- French: “phare de Pencarrow Head”
- French: “Phare de Pencarrow Head”
- German: “Pencarrow Head Lighthouse”
- Spanish: “Pencarrow Head Lighthouse”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pencarrow Lighthouse”. Photo: Aidan Wojtas, CC BY-SA 2.0.