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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