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Name: Ile Murray Light   Map it!

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Nearest Town or City:
Port-aux-Français, , French Southern and Antarctic Territories

Location: On the northern promontory of the island, Iles de Kerguelen, southern entrance to Passe Royale (Royal Sound), leading to Baie du Morbihan and the settlement of Port-aux-Français, southern Indian Ocean.

Managing Organization:
Bureau des Phares et Balises

Notes:
The Kerguelen Islands are located in the cold waters of the southern Indian Ocean, about 1250 miles from Antarctica. Together with the Crozet Islands, St. Paul, and Amsterdam Islands, and Terre Adélie (on the Antarctic continent itself), they form the southern group of the Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises, a French overseas territory.

Height of Focal Plane: 160

Characteristic and Range: Three white flashes every 12 seconds, visible for 11 nautical miles.

Description of Tower: Beacon.

This light is operational

Earlier Towers?
1909: Private light maintained by a Norwegian whaling company, focal plane height of 157 feet.

Date Established: 1909

Date Present Tower Built: ?

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Mapquest URL: Click here to get a map to this lighthouse!