Kiipsaare Lighthouse

Kiipsaare Lightouses

Kiipsaare Lighthouse in 2013
Estonia
Location Saaremaa
Estonia
Coordinates 58°29′45″N 21°50′28″E / 58.49583°N 21.84111°E / 58.49583; 21.84111Coordinates: 58°29′45″N 21°50′28″E / 58.49583°N 21.84111°E / 58.49583; 21.84111
Year first constructed 1879 (first)
Year first lit 1933 (second)
Deactivated 1933 (first)
1992 (second)
Foundation concrete
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white and black horizontal bands
Height 25 feet (7.6 m)
Focal height 85 feet (26 m)
Range 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
Characteristic Fl W 4s.
Admiralty number C3716
ARLHS number EST-077
Estonia number EVA 921[1]

Kiipsaare Lighthouse is located on the tip of Harilaid Peninsula in Saaremaa, Estonia in the territory of Vilsandi National Park.

The lighthouse was built from reinforced concrete in 1933. Its purpose was to warn mariners on the Baltic Sea about the dangers in the vicinity of the peninsula and to be of assistance in taking bearings. At that time the 25-metre-high (82 ft) lighthouse was between 100 to 150 metres (330 to 490 ft) inland, but due to erosion it is now a few meters offshore. A lack of supporting ground has caused the lighthouse to lean.[2]

Kiipsaare Lighthouse at sunset (2013)

While in 1988 the waterline was still 11 metres (36 ft) from the lighthouse, by the early 1990s the sea had already reached the lighthouse and it started to incline. Because of this the generator was removed in 1992 and Kiipsaare lighthouse remained in the records as a daymark until 2009.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  2. ↑ Eesti Loodus, Kiipsaare rannad ja tuletorn, K. Orviku, H. Tõnisson 2009. 5: 6–13.
  3. ↑ Eesti Post, Stamps, Kiipsaare Lighthouse


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