The new lighthouse, located at 34°21′26″S 18°29′49″E﻿ / ﻿34.35722°S 18.49694°E﻿ / -34.35722; 18.49694, cannot be seen from the West until ships are at a safe distance to the South. The light of the new Cape Point lighthouse is the most powerful on the South African coast, with a range of 63 miles (101 km; 55 nmi) and an intensity of 10 megacandelas in each flash.[2]