Vingleia Lighthouse

Vingleia Lighthouse
Vingleia fyr
Sør-Trøndelag
Location Skarvfleshølen Island
Sør-Trøndelag
Norway
Coordinates 63°54′59″N 08°40′27″E / 63.91639°N 8.67417°E / 63.91639; 8.67417Coordinates: 63°54′59″N 08°40′27″E / 63.91639°N 8.67417°E / 63.91639; 8.67417
Year first constructed 1921 (first)
Year first lit 1985 (current)
Automated 1985
Deactivated 1985 (first)
Construction concrete tower (current)
wooden tower (first)
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern (current)
square parallelepiped tower with balcony and lantern (first)
Markings / pattern white tower with a black band, red lantern roof
white tower, red lantern (first)
Height 10.2 metres (33 ft) (current)
19 metres (62 ft) (first)
Focal height 13.8 metres (45 ft)
Light source solar power
Range 9.8 nmi (18.1 km; 11.3 mi)
Characteristic Oc (2) WRG 8s.
Admiralty number L1520
NGA number 8088
ARLHS number NOR-423 (current)
NOR-278 (first)
Norway number NF-4673[1]

The Vingleia Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the island of Skarvfleshølen about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) north of Mausund in the municipality of Frøya in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) northeast of the Sula Lighthouse, 26 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of the Finnvær Lighthouse, and 45 kilometres (28 mi) southwest of the Halten Lighthouse.[2]

See also

References

  1. Vingleia Lighthouse 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.

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