Suomen leijona

Suomen leijona (Swedish: Finlands lejon), The Lion of Finland, is a marker light and radio beacon in the Northern Baltic Sea operated by the Finnish Maritime Administration, located approximately 46 km (25 nmi; 29 mi) Southwest of the island of Utö, six kilometers outside the Finnish territorial waters but inside the country's exclusive economic zone.[1]

Location off Finland
Suomen leijona marker light and radio beacon (RACON)
The modern marker light / radio beacon
Location in the Baltic Sea
LocationBaltic Sea
Coordinates59°28.362′N 20°48.784′E
Year first constructed2005
Foundationconcrete
Constructionsteel, fitted with a light, radar reflector and radio beacon powered by a wind generator
Tower shapecolumnar
Markings / patternWhite tower, orange band[1]
Tower height13 m (43 ft)[1]
Focal height22.7 metre 
Range9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) light, 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi) RACON[1]
CharacteristicWhite flashing light in groups of 2 with a period of 12 seconds, RACON T(-) period 30 seconds [1]
Admiralty numberC4487[1]
NGA number16098[1]

Suomen leijona lighthouse

The original Suomen leijona (Swedish: Finlands lejon), The Lion of Finland, was a caisson lighthouse; a steel tower resting on a concrete caisson, equipped with a helicopter platform and powered by a wind generator. The lighthouse had a futuristic design with a helipad on the top of a downward tapering tower, which made great demands on the foundation and the bottom of the tower. In 1992 it was discovered that the foundation had been under-mined and that the lighthouse was threatening to collapse. The problem was remedied by filling with rubble, but the problem recurred in 2004. Deemed too dangerous to repair the lighthouse, it was demolished in 2005 and replaced by the much smaller, marker light / radio beacon.

References
  1. LIST OF LIGHTS, RADIO AIDS AND FOG SIGNALS 2014 BALTIC SEA WITH KATTEGAT, BELTS AND SOUND AND GULF OF BOTHNIA, p. 216. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agancy. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
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