Cape Borda

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Cape Borda

Location:	Kangaroo Island, Australia
Year first lit:	1858
Automated:	1989
Construction:	Stone
Tower shape:	Square
Height:	10 meters
Elevation:	155 metres
Intensity:	170,000 cd
Range:	21 nautical miles (39 km)

Cape Borda is a headland and a lighthouse on the west coast of Kangaroo Island and is situated 70 kilometres west from the town of Kingscote.

[edit] Cape Borda Lightstation

Cape Borda Lighstation was built in 1858 and is the third oldest remaining and only square stone lighthouse in South Australia. The Lighthouse was built to guide ships travelling along the Roaring Forties trade route heading into the Investigator Strait towards Port Adelaide. Originally there was no road linking Cape Borda to the rest of Kangaroo Island and all supplies had to be hauled up from ships via a steep steel railway at Harvey's Return then taken to the Lighthouse every three months.

The lightstation was automated in 1989 and is still a fully opperational lightstation.

The Lightstation and surrounding cottages are looked after by Parks SA while the top floor of the lightstation and the light itself is the property of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. Visitors are able to go on tours of the lighthouse and stay in the surrounding cottages.

[edit] See Also

Cape Willoughby Lighthouse on the East Coast of Kangaroo Island
Cape du Couedic Lighthouse on the South West point of Kangaroo Island
Allthorpe Island Lighthouse to the North of Cape Borda