Terningen Lighthouse

Terningen Lighthouse
Terningen fyrstasjon

View of the lighthouse
Sør-Trøndelag
Location Hitra
Sør-Trøndelag
Norway
Coordinates 63°29′37.8″N 09°02′19.6″E / 63.493833°N 9.038778°E / 63.493833; 9.038778Coordinates: 63°29′37.8″N 09°02′19.6″E / 63.493833°N 9.038778°E / 63.493833; 9.038778
Year first constructed 1833
Automated 1991
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape square parallelepiped tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower, red lantern roof
Height 12 metres (39 ft)
Focal height 17.8 metres (58 ft)
Intensity 30,700 candela
Range 13.4 nmi (24.8 km; 15.4 mi)
Characteristic Oc WRG 6s.
Fog signal Horn
Admiralty number L1170
NGA number 7052
ARLHS number NOR-247
Norway number NF-4075[1]

Terningen Lighthouse (Norwegian: Terningen fyr) is a lighthouse in the municipality of Hitra in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lighthouse is located in the Trondheimsleia near the mouth of the Hemnfjorden, just west of the island of Hemnskjela, and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwest of the village of Sandstad.

The 12-metre (39 ft) tall lighthouse has an occulting light that flashes white, red, and green. The light can be seen for up to 13.4 nautical miles (24.8 km; 15.4 mi).[2] The light is activated from July 21 until May 16 each year. The light is inactive and unnecessary during the late spring and early summer due to the midnight sun.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hitra and Frøya The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 7, 2016
  2. ↑ Kystverket (2008). Norske Fyrliste 2008 (PDF) (in Norwegian). ISBN 978-82-450-0628-5.
  3. ↑ Store norske leksikon. "Terningen fyr" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-12-28.

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