Sopot Lighthouse
The Sopot Lighthouse is a navigation facility on the Polish Baltic coast, located in Sopot. It was built in 1903–04 as a part of the Balneological Institute. The extent of its focal length of the light has since been reduced to 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8 mi),[2] which, according to existing criteria, no longer formally makes it a lighthouse, although it is still called so. It is open to visitors.[3]
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| Location | Sopot Pomeranian Voivodeship Poland |
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| Coordinates | 54°26′43.1″N 18°34′13.4″E |
| Year first constructed | 1904 (tower) |
| Year first lit | 1957 (lantern) |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Tower shape | square tower with pyramidal roof |
| Markings / pattern | unpainted tower |
| Tower height | 33 metres (108 ft) |
| Focal height | 25 metres (82 ft) |
| Light source | mains power |
| Range | 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 4s. |
| Admiralty number | C3046 |
| NGA number | 6844 |
| ARLHS number | POL-034[1] |
References
- Sopot Lighthouse Archived 26 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 16 March 2016
- List of Lights, Pub. 116: Baltic Sea with Kattegat, Belts and Sound and Gulf of Bothnia (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. p. 95.
- Polskie Latarnie Archived 13 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
External links
- The Lighthouses of Poland
- Urząd Morski w Słupsku (in Polish)
- Latarnia morska (Sopot) na portalu polska-org.pl (in Polish)
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