Lighthouse
Location | Anseküla, Saare County Estonia |
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Coordinates | 58°05′54″N 22°13′53″E / 58.098283°N 22.231417°E / 58.098283; 22.231417 |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1921 |
Foundation | concrete base |
Construction | concrete tower |
Height | 31 metres (102 ft) |
Shape | square pyramidal trocated with balcony and no lantern |
Markings | white lower tower, black top tower |
Light | |
First lit | 1953 |
Focal height | 44.1 metres (145 ft) |
Range | 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 1.5s. |
Estonia no. | EVA 932 |
Anseküla Lighthouse (Estonian: Anseküla tuletorn) is a lighthouse located in Anseküla, on the eastern side of the Sõrve Peninsula, on the island of Saaremaa, in Estonia. The original light was on a church, which was destroyed during World War II in 1944. The current lighthouse was built in 1953. It is a concrete square tower, with a gallery but no lantern. The lighthouse's glare configuration flashes a white glare every 1.5 seconds.
See also
References
- Anseküla Lighthouse Archived 22 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Estonian Lighthouses Society
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- "Gallery". Unustatudvana. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
External links
- "Navigatsioonimärgi 932, Anseküla tuletorn andmed". Navigatsioonimärkide andmekogu (in Estonian). 7 January 2019. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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