Lighthouses of WA - Cape Leveque Lighthouse Dampier Peninsula, Western Australia, Australia
By Team MavEtJu on 30-Oct-16. Waypoint GA8692

Lighthouses of WA - Cape Leveque Lighthouse

Cape Leveque is the northernmost tip of the Dampier Peninsula in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Cape Leveque is 240 kilometres (150 mi) (via the Cape Leveque Road) north of Broome, and is remote with few facilities. Nevertheless, the Cape's sandy beaches are attracting an increasing number of visitors. Cape Leveque (western side)

A 13-metre (43 ft)-tall lighthouse was erected at Cape Leveque in 1912. Its light characteristic is a group of three flashes that occurs every twenty seconds whereby the light source emits from a focal plane of 43 metres (141 ft).[1] The lighthouse marks the western entrance of King Sound.

Cape Leveque was a camping ground for ancient nomadic people of Northern Australia and is probably still being used today. Their huge middens overshadow the small caravan park resting on the shores of the Indian Ocean. Wild turtles and a multitude of sea birds nest on the shores and collect sea food off the exposed rocks at low tide along the shore down the coast to Broome in the Southern part of the peninsula. Whales come to give birth in the area and rest and play among the sheltered islands off the Dampier Peninsula.

The traditional owners of the area are the Bardi peoples.

Height: 13 metres
Pattern: 3 white flashes every 20 seconds

Photo: lighthouses.org.au

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