Fruholmen Lighthouse

Fruholmen Lighthouse

Fruholmen Lighthouse and surrounding buildings
Finnmark
Location Måsøy Municipality
Finnmark
Norway
Coordinates 71°05′37″N 23°59′01″E / 71.09361°N 23.98361°E / 71.09361; 23.98361Coordinates: 71°05′37″N 23°59′01″E / 71.09361°N 23.98361°E / 71.09361; 23.98361
Year first constructed 1866 (first)
Year first lit 1949 (current)
Automated 2006
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape square parallelepiped tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower, red lantern
Height 18 metres (59 ft)
Focal height 48 metres (157 ft)
Intensity 2,061,000 candela
Range 19 nmi (35 km; 22 mi)
Characteristic Fl W 20s
Racon O (- - -)
Admiralty number L3962
NGA number 14092
ARLHS number NOR-088
Norway number 934500[1]

Fruholmen Lighthouse (Norwegian: Fruholmen fyr, former name Norskholmen fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located in Måsøy Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It sits on a tiny islet just off the northern coast of the island of Ingøya.

History

The lighthouse was established in 1866 and it is the northernmost lighthouse in Norway. This is the first of the three major lighthouses that guide ships around the Nordkapp (North Cape) into the Barents Sea, and it is actually the northernmost of the three. The original cast iron lighthouse was destroyed during World War II.[2][3]

The current lighthouse was completed in 1959. The 18-metre (59 ft) tall square white concrete tower has a red lantern on top. The light in the lantern flashes white every 20 seconds. There is a secondary light located lower in elevation that flashes white, red or green light depending on direction, occulting three times every 10 seconds.[4][3][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Norway: North Cape Area and Svalbard". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Fruholmen fyr". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  3. 1 2 Rowlett, Russ (19 July 2011). "Lighthouses of Norway: Hammerfest Area". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
  4. ↑ "Fruholmen fyrstasjon" (in Norwegian). Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  5. ↑ Kystverket (2012). Norske Fyrliste 2012 (PDF) (in Norwegian). ISBN 9788245013542.

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