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Kihnu Lighthouse

Location	Kihnu Pärnu County Estonia
Coordinates	58°05′49.9″N 23°58′16.3″E / 58.097194°N 23.971194°E / 58.097194; 23.971194
Tower
Constructed	1865
Construction	cast iron tower
Height	28 metres (92 ft)
Shape	tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower, red lantern dome
Light
Focal height	29 metres (95 ft)
Range	11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi)
Characteristic	Fl WR 12s
Estonia no.	EVA 840

Kihnu Lighthouse (Estonian: Kihnu tuletorn) is a lighthouse located in Kihnu, an island in the northern Gulf of Riga in Pärnu County, in Estonia.

The lighthouse was prefabricated in England; and assembled in 1865. The lighthouse uses a Fresnel lens, with the lighthouse's structure made out of tapered cast iron, painted white with the lantern dome painted in red. The lighthouse has a glare configuration of: two 1.5 s glares every 12 s.

See also

• List of lighthouses in Estonia

References

1. Kihnu Lighthouse Archived 23 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Estonian Lighthouse Society
2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
3. "Postcard". Flickr. 2 March 2011. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
4. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

External links

• "Navigatsioonimärgi 840, Kihnu tuletorn andmed". Navigatsioonimärkide andmekogu (in Estonian). 3 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

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