Juodkrantė Lighthouse
Appearance
Location | Neringa Klaipėda County Lithuania |
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Coordinates | 55°33′23.7″N 21°06′56.9″E / 55.556583°N 21.115806°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1950 |
Construction | skeletal tower |
Height | 20 metres (66 ft) |
Shape | square pyramidal tower with gallery and daymark |
Markings | white tower, red lantern |
Operator | Klaipeda Port Authority[1] |
Light | |
Focal height | 68 metres (223 ft) |
Range | 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) |
Characteristic | white light, 3 s on, 5 s off |
Lithuania no. | LT-0049 |
Juodkrantė Lighthouse (Lithuanian: Juodkrantė švyturys) - a lighthouse on the Curonian Spit,[2] on the Lithuanian coast of the Baltic Sea. The lighthouse was constructed in 1950; 900 metres away from the coastline.[3] The lighthouse is a square pyramidal skeletal tower - with a white daymark and red gallery - making the lighthouse appear enclosed from far away.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Lithuania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ^ "Main Page". Nerija. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "Juodkrante Lighthouse". Lighthouse Digest. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Lithuania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 11 May 2015.