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Point Perpendicular

Point Perpendicular is a point at the southern tip of the Beecroft Peninsula and at the northern entry to Jervis Bay, in New South Wales, Australia. It is the location of Point Perpendicular Light, a historic lighthouse which was active from 1889 to 1993, and a replacement skeletal tower which is active.

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Point Perpendicular is a point at the southern tip of the Beecroft Peninsula and at the northern entry to Jervis Bay, in New South Wales, Australia. It is the location of Point Perpendicular Light, a historic lighthouse which was active from 1889 to 1993, and a replacement skeletal tower which is active.1

The lighthouse and its grounds are an exclave of the state of New South Wales.

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  1. "The Point Perpendicular Lighthouse at Jervis Bay". Lighthouses of New South Wales. Lighthouses of Australia Inc.

35°05′38″S 150°48′19″E / 35.09400°S 150.80535°E / -35.09400; 150.80535