Kübassaare Lighthouse (Estonian: Kübassaare tuletorn) is a lighthouse located in Kübassaare Peninsula, in the easternmost point of Saaremaa; in Estonia. The lighthouse is 18 metres in height, a round cylindrical concrete tower with a lantern and gallery.[3] The current lighthouse had a height of 11 metres, before it was extended to 18 metres in 1939. The lighthouse has a glare configuration of: 2.5 s glare, 6.5 s off.[4]
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| Location | Kübassaare Saaremaa Estonia |
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| Coordinates | 58°25′42.3″N 23°17′59.7″E / 58.428417°N 23.299917°E |
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| Constructed | 1916 (first) 1924 (second) |
| Construction | concrete tower |
| Height | 18 metres (59 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Power source | mains electricity  |
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| First lit | 1939 (rebuilt) |
| Focal height | 20 metres (66 ft) |
| Range | 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) |
| Characteristic | LFl W 9s,[1] |
| Estonia no. | EVA 987[2] |
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See also
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References
edit- ^ Kübassaare Lighthouse Archived 23 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Estonian Lighthouse Society
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ "Photograph". Panoramio. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
External links
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- "Navigatsioonimärgi 987, Kübassaare tuletorn andmed". Navigatsioonimärkide andmekogu (in Estonian). 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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