NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Dog Island, Foveavx StraMs, Lighthouse. Do<j Island Lighthouse is situated on a small sland of ;that name in 2T.or.eauK Straits, off ihs entrance to the Bluff Harbor, in 46° 39' 35" South latitude, and 168 ° 26' East longjtifcude, as measured on tie Admiralty chart. The light will show all round, and will be a i Holophotal Dioptric Revoking White Light, of the first order, attaining its greatest brilliancy every half minute. It will be elevated about 150 feet above the level of the sea, and will be visible in clear weaither about eighteen nautical mileß, allowing fifteen .feet for && heighth of the observer's eye, and | at lesser distances according to the state of the atmosphere. sEhe tower is built <g£ native stone of a grey color, *nd will be 118 feat in height from the gKHtad to die top of th# Jauterau
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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 223, 2 March 1866, Page 2
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145NOTICE TO MARINERS. Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 223, 2 March 1866, Page 2
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