Jomfruland Lighthouse

Jomfruland Lighthouse
Jomfruland Range Rear

The old and the current Jomfruland Lighthouse
Telemark
Location Kragerø
Telemark
Norway
Coordinates 58°51′54.6″N 9°35′47.0″E / 58.865167°N 9.596389°E / 58.865167; 9.596389Coordinates: 58°51′54.6″N 9°35′47.0″E / 58.865167°N 9.596389°E / 58.865167; 9.596389
Year first constructed 1839 (first)
Year first lit 1938 (current)
Automated 1991
Construction brick tower (first)
cast iron tower (current)
Tower shape cylindrical tower with gallery and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower, red lantern and dome
Height 31 metres (102 ft)
Focal height 48 metres (157 ft)
Range 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi)
Characteristic F Fl W 15s.
Admiralty number B2698
NGA number 1032
ARLHS number NOR-025
Norway number NF-0525[1]

Jomfruland Lighthouse (Norwegian: Jomfruland fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located on the island of Jomfruland in Kragerø, Norway. The original tower, made of bricks, was first lit in 1839. Another tower, made of iron, was built in 1939.[2]

See also

References

  1. Jomfruland Lighthouse The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 7, 2016
  2. Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Jomfruland fyr". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

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