Sandhammaren

Sandhammaren lighthouse
Sandhammaren

Location	Sandhammaren, Ystad Municipality, Sweden
Coordinates	55.386746°N 14.193058°E / 55.386746; 14.193058
Tower
Constructed	1862
Construction	cast iron skeletal tower
Automated	1976
Height	29.5 metres (97 ft)
Shape	conical skeletal tower with central cylinder, balcony and lantern
Markings	red tower, greenish lantern dome
Power source	rapeseed oil, kerosene, electricity
Operator	Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket)
Heritage	governmental listed building complex, governmental listed building
Light
Focal height	32 metres (105 ft)
Lens	2° Focal plane lens
Range	22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 5s.
Sweden no.	SV-6545

Sandhammaren is a Swedish lighthouse, and the name of both a beach and a point east of Ystad in Scania. At first two identical lighthouses were constructed, because it was a risk to mistake this lighthouse with the one on Ertholmene. The flame first ran on colza oil. Later on (1891), one of the lighthouses was put out of service and moved to Pite-Rönnskär in Norrland, at the same time the lamp was transformed to a paraffin lamp. The lighthouse was electrified in 1952.

The Swedish Maritime Administration owns and runs the lighthouse.

See also

• List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Sweden

References

• Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Sweden: Halland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 9 September 2008.

External links

• Sjofartsverket (in English)
• The Swedish Lighthouse Society