Ursholmen

Ursholmen Lighthouses
Ursholmen Syd

Ursholmen Lighthouses
Sweden
Location Ursholmen
Strömstad Archipelago
Sweden
Coordinates 58°49′57″N 10°59′24″E / 58.832620°N 10.990081°E / 58.832620; 10.990081Coordinates: 58°49′57″N 10°59′24″E / 58.832620°N 10.990081°E / 58.832620; 10.990081
Year first constructed 1891 (twin lighthouses Syd and Nord)
Automated 1965
Deactivated 1931 (Ursholmen Nord)
Foundation concrete basement
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower with a black band at the top, black lantern
Height 13 metres (43 ft)
Focal height 33 metres (108 ft)
Original lens 3rd order Fresnel lens
Current lens original lens still in use
Range 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi)
Characteristic LFl (2) WRG 15s.
Admiralty number C0304
NGA number 0096
ARLHS number SWE-404
Sweden number SV-8608
Managing agent Stiftelsen Ursholmen[1]

Ursholmen is a Swedish island and lighthouse located west of Strömstad town. It is the westernmost lighthouse in Sweden.

History

In 1891 two identical lighthouses were built on the island to replace two lighthouses on Nordkoster. It was the first time in Sweden lighthouses were built in concrete. In 1931 the north tower was deactivated and its lantern room removed, but the tower remains. In 1965 the south tower was electrified and automated. In 2000 solar cells was installed and the electric cable removed. In 2008 the Swedish Maritime Administration handed ownership of the towers to the Naturvårdsverket which already owned all of the other buildings on the island. SMA didn't find the lighthouse important for the modern commercial shipping any more, but they paid an amount of money to Naturvårdsverket for restoration of the two towers.

There is a very small lighthouse museum in a cabin on the island. The whole island is a nature reserve, a part of Kosterhavet national park.

See also


References

  1. ↑ Ursholmen The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 9, 2016


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