Storholmen Lighthouse

Storholmen Lighthouse
Storholmen fyr
Møre og Romsdal
Location Giske
Møre og Romsdal
l Norway
Coordinates 62°38′34″N 05°55′25″E / 62.64278°N 5.92361°E / 62.64278; 5.92361Coordinates: 62°38′34″N 05°55′25″E / 62.64278°N 5.92361°E / 62.64278; 5.92361
Year first lit 1920
Automated 1980
Foundation concrete basement
Construction cast iron tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white basement, red tower with an orange lower band
Height 22 m (72 ft)
Focal height 35.6 m (117 ft)
Intensity 58800 cd
Range 17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi)
Characteristic Oc WRG
Admiralty number L0854
NGA number 6224
ARLHS number NOR-231
Norway number NF-3420

Storholmen Lighthouse (Norwegian: Storholmen fyr) is an active lighthouse in the municipality of Giske in Møre og Romsdal county on the west coast of Norway. This remote lighthouse is located on a tiny skerry about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) due north of the tiny island of Erkna and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northwest of the populated island of Vigra. The light is lit from the 16th of July until the 21st of May. It is not lit during the summer because it is unnecessary due to the midnight sun in this part of the world.[1]

The lighthouse was only accessible by boat in calm seas during the summer, since boats cannot land on the tiny island. Goods and people had to be hoisted onto the island from the sea. From 1970 and until the lighthouse was automated in 1980, transport to the lighthouse was done by helicopter. The narrow 4-by-4-metre (13 ft × 13 ft) landing pad could only be used by very experienced pilots.

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References

  1. ↑ Store norske leksikon. "Storholmen fyr" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2010-09-26.


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