Kapelludden Lighthouse
Appearance
Kapelludden lighthouse | |
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Location | Kapelludden Öland Sweden |
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Coordinates | 56°49′10″N 16°50′42″E / 56.819549°N 16.845077°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1872 |
Construction | cast iron tower |
Automated | 1967 ![]() |
Height | 32 metres (105 ft) |
Shape | square pyramidal skeletal tower with observation room, balcony, lantern and central cylinder |
Markings | red tower, grey lantern dome |
Power source | rapeseed oil, kerosene, electricity ![]() |
Operator | Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket)[2] |
Heritage | governmental listed building complex, governmental listed building ![]() |
Light | |
Focal height | 29.7 metres (97 ft) |
Lens | second order Fresnel lens (–1967), third order Fresnel lens (1967–) ![]() |
Range | 12.5 nautical miles (23.2 km; 14.4 mi)[1] |
Characteristic | LFI W 10s. |
Sweden no. | SV-5498 |
Kapelludden Lighthouse, at Kapelludden on the east coast of the Swedish island of Öland, was built and lit in 1871. It is located in a wetland near the ruin of a 13th-century chapel, in Bredsättra socken, Borgholm Municipality.
The lighthouse is 32 meters high and was built by A.T. Gellerstedt.
See also
[edit]- List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Sweden
- Långe Erik, the lighthouse at the north cape of Öland
- Långe Jan, the lighthouse at the south cape of Öland
References
[edit]- ^ Lighthouse Kapelludden (Öland) www.leuchtturmseiten.de
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Sweden: Öland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
External links
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- Sjofartsverket Archived 2016-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
- The Swedish Lighthouse Society