Agdenes Lighthouse

Agdenes Lighthouse
Ringflua Light

View of the lighthouse; old one in the background, new one in the foreground
Sør-Trøndelag
Location	Agdenes Sør-Trøndelag Norway
Coordinates	63°38′51.3″N 09°45′23.8″E / 63.647583°N 9.756611°ECoordinates: 63°38′51.3″N 09°45′23.8″E / 63.647583°N 9.756611°E
Year first constructed	1804 (first) 1828 (second)
Year first lit	1984 (current) Ringflua Light
Automated	1984
Deactivated	1984 (second)
Construction	masonry tower (second) concrete tower (current)
Tower shape	square parallelepiped tower with balcony and lantern (second) cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern	white tower, red lantern roof (second and current)
Height	17.8 metres (58 ft) (second) 11 metres (36 ft) (current)
Focal height	11.2 metres (37 ft) (current)
Range	11.7 nmi (21.7 km; 13.5 mi)
Characteristic	Oc (2) WRG 8s.
Admiralty number	L1219
NGA number	7176
ARLHS number	NOR-418 (current) NOR-415 (second)
Norway number	NF-4140

The Agdenes lighthouse (or Ringflua) is a lighthouse on the Trondheimsfjord in the municipality of Agdenes in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway.

History

The original lighthouse building was built in 1804 near the shore of the Trondheimsfjord. In 1984 the old building was closed and a new lighthouse was built on Ringflua, a tiny rock in the fjord.

The new lighthouse is about 12 metres (39 ft) tall and can be seen for up to 11.7 nautical miles (21.7 km; 13.5 mi). It has an occulting light that blinks white, red, and green over an eight second period.^[1]

It is located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of Vassbygda. About 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) across the fjord to the north is Brekstad in Ørland and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) across the fjord to the southeast is Hasselvika in Rissa.

See also

• List of lighthouses in Norway
• Lighthouses in Norway

References

1. Kystverket (2008). Norske Fyrliste 2008 (PDF) (in Norwegian). ISBN 978-82-450-0628-5.

External links

• Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening (Norwegian)