Stora Karlsö Lighthouse

Stora Karlsö Lighthouse (Swedish: Stora Karlsö fyr), is a Swedish lighthouse on Stora Karlsö island off Gotland in the Baltic Sea. It was built in 1887 and resulted in the first permanent settlement on the island in modern times. A house for the lighthouse keeper was built in the 1930s. In 1974, the lighthouse became fully automated when a cable for electricity was laid to the island and the last permanent residents left the island.[3]

Stora Karlsö Lighthouse

Stora Karlsö Lighthouse
Location	Stora Karlsö, Gotland Municipality, Sweden
Coordinates	57.289710°N 17.958780°E / 57.289710; 17.958780
Year first constructed	1887
Automated	1974
Construction	stone tower
Tower shape	octagonal tower with balcony and lantern attached to a 2-storey keeper’s house
Markings / pattern	unpainted tower, greenish lantern dome
Tower height	18 metres (59 ft)
Focal height	56 metres (184 ft)
Current lens	4th order Fresnel lens
Intensity	1,000 watt
Range	white: 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) red: 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi)
Characteristic	LFl(2) WR 12s
Admiralty number	C7224
NGA number	9772
ARLHS number	SWE-371
Sweden number	SV-4250
Managing agent	Stora Karlsö[1][2]
Heritage	individual listed building complex

In 2010, the lighthouse was decommissioned and replaced by a solar cell powered lamp on a mast next to the lighthouse.[4]

References

1. Stora Karlsö The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 7, 2016
2. Leuchtturm Stora Karlsö www.schwedische-leuchtfeuer.de
3. "Karlsös historia". www.storakarlso.se. Stora Karlsö. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
4. "Nu släcks fyren på Stora Karlsö". www.sverigesradio.se. Sveriges Radio. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

External links

• Stora Karlsö Lighthouse