Kihnu Lighthouse
Lighthouse in Estonia
Lighthouse
58°05′49.9″N 23°58′16.3″E / 58.097194°N 23.971194°E / 58.097194; 23.971194![Map](https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,18,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Kihnu_Lighthouse&revid=1124204274&groups=_aa2ec0a49690dd92b9363e85ec957df95a31e298)
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.[3] 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.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Kihnu Lighthouse Archived 23 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Estonian Lighthouse Society
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Postcard". Flickr. 2 March 2011. Archived from the original on 7 November 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.
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- "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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