Kihnu Lighthouse

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

Kihnu Lighthouse

Kihnu Lighthouse Estonia
Location	Kihnu Pärnu County Estonia
Coordinates	58°05′49.9″N 23°58′16.3″E
Year first constructed	1865
Construction	cast iron tower
Tower shape	tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern	white tower, red lantern dome
Tower height	28 metres (92 ft)
Focal height	29 metres (95 ft)
Range	11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi)
Characteristic	Fl WR 12s[1]
Admiralty number	C3596
NGA number	12500
ARLHS number	EST-028
Estonia number	EVA 840[2]

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

• 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. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
4. "Lighthouses Of Estonia". UNC. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. 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.