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Nugget Point lighthouse

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Nugget Point lighthouse
The 10-metre Nugget Point lighthouse stands 76 metres above sea level on a point close to the ‘nugget’ rocks. First lit in 1870, the lighthouse was automated in 1988.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago places – South Otago, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22787/nugget-point-lighthouse (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, published 19 August 2009, updated 1 July 2015.