Holmengrå Lighthouse

Holmengrå Lighthouse

View of Holmengrå Lighthouse
Hordaland
Location Hordaland
Norway
Coordinates 60°50′34.8″N 04°38′57.9″E / 60.843000°N 4.649417°E / 60.843000; 4.649417Coordinates: 60°50′34.8″N 04°38′57.9″E / 60.843000°N 4.649417°E / 60.843000; 4.649417
Year first constructed 1892
Automated 1986[1]
Construction masonry tower
Tower shape square parallelepiped tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower, red lantern
Height 16 metres (52 ft)
Focal height 35.5 metres (116 ft)
Intensity 44,000 candela
Range white: 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi)
red: 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)
green: 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)
Characteristic Iso WRG 6s.
Racon T
Admiralty number B4156
NGA number 4212
ARLHS number NOR-123
Norway number NF-2015[2]

Holmengrå Lighthouse (Norwegian: Holmengrå fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located in the municipality of Fedje in Hordaland county, Norway. It sits on a tiny island in the mouth of the Fensfjorden and Fedjefjorden, near a busy shipping lane headed to the Mongstad industrial area.

History

The lighthouse was established in 1892. A radio beacon was active from 1947 to 1992.[3][4]

The lighthouse emits a white, red, or green light (depending on direction) using a 3 seconds on, 3 seconds off pattern. The light sits at an elevation of 35 metres (115 ft) above sea level. The 10-metre (33 ft) tall square tower is painted white, with a red lighthouse on the top.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening
  2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Norway: Bergen Area". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  3. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Holmengrå fyr". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  4. "Holmengrå fyrstasjon" (in Norwegian). Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  5. Kystverket (2014). Norske Fyrliste 2014 (PDF) (in Norwegian). ISBN 9788245013542.
  6. Rowlett, Russ (19 July 2011). "Lighthouses of Norway: Bergen Area". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2014-04-03.

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