Bastøy Lighthouse

Bastøy Lighthouse

Bastøy Lighthouse
Vestfold
Location Horten
Vestfold
Norway
Coordinates 59°23′11″N 10°32′14″E / 59.386413°N 10.537095°E / 59.386413; 10.537095
Year first constructed 1840 (first)
1918 (second)
Year first lit 1986 (current)
Automated 1986
Deactivated 1986 (second)
Construction stone tower (second)
metal pole (current)
Tower shape square parallelepiped tower with balcony and lantern (second)
light pole (current)
Markings / pattern white tower, red lantern (second)
Height 14 metres (46 ft) (second)
Characteristic Oc (3) R 10s.
Admiralty number B2480
NGA number 0636
ARLHS number NOR-307
Norway number NF-0312
Managing agent Kriminalomsorgen[1]

Bastøy Lighthouse (Norwegian: Bastøy fyr) is a coastal lighthouse in the municipality of Horten in Vestfold, Norway. It was established in 1840, and was replaced by a light in 1986.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. Bastøy Lighthouse The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 8, 2016
  2. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Bastøy fyr". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  3. "Bastøy fyrstasjon" (in Norwegian). Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening. Retrieved 1 February 2012.

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Coordinates: 59°23′11″N 10°32′12″E / 59.38639°N 10.53667°E / 59.38639; 10.53667


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