Adele Island

Admiralty Reference # 1640
1951 - present

Ralph Meakins Collection

Photo by Ralph Meakins pre 1971

 

Source: Australian Hydrographic excerpt of Chart 732- 1991

Adele Island is north east of Cape Leveque at the entrance to King Sound

 

A bolted steel framework tower was built in 1951 It holds a white flashing light which was origijally acetylene powered with a lantern house and drum lens. The house and lens were replaced by a solar powered small self-contained rotating type beacon type FA 251 in 1985. A Racon beacon was established at the same tiome.

 

Heritage listing AHC Database 019841

 

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