Kiipsaare Lighthouse
Kiipsaare lighthouse is located on the tip of Harilaid peninsula in Saaremaa, Estonia in the territory of Vilsandi National Park.
The lighthouse was built from reinforced concrete in 1933. Its duty was to warn seamen about the dangers in the vicinity of the peninsula and to be of assistance in taking bearings. At that time the 25 meter high lighthouse was almost 100–150 m inland, but due to erosion it is now a few meters offshore. A lack of supporting ground has caused the lighthouse to lean.[1]
While in 1988 the waterline was still 11 meters from the lighthouse, by the early 1990s the sea had already reached the lighthouse and it started to incline. Because of this the generator was removed in 1992 and Kiipsaare lighthouse remained in the records as a daymark until 2009.[2]
References
- ^ Eesti Loodus, Kiipsaare rannad ja tuletorn, K. Orviku, H. Tõnisson 2009. 5: 6-13.
- ^ Eesti Post, Stamps, Kiipsaare Lighthouse
