Flötjan Lighthouse

Flötjan Lighthouse
Flötjan Lighthouse in 2009
Finland
Location Offshore 18 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of Mariehamn
Coordinates 59°48′30.3″N 19°46′55.6″E / 59.808417°N 19.782111°E / 59.808417; 19.782111
Year first constructed 1908 (first)
Year first lit 1953 (current)
Automated 1959
Foundation rock and concrete base
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with ouble balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern red tower with a white horizontal band, white lantern
Height 22 metres (72 ft)
Focal height 26 metres (85 ft)
Light source solar power
Range 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)[1]
Characteristic Fl (2) W 20s.
Admiralty number C4482
NGA number 16100
ARLHS number ALA-005[2]

Flötjan is a small rocky islet in Finland. It is located in the Åland Sea to the southwest of Lågskär. Depths near Flötjan measure approximately 180 metres (590 ft).[3]

Lighthouse

The original light was badly damaged during World War II. A concrete lighthouse tower was built in 1953 and automated in 1959. The light range is 28 kilometres (17 mi). The Stockholm-Mariehamn-Tallinn ferry passes just to the west of the island.

See also


References

  1. ↑ 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. 2015.
  2. ↑ Åland Islands The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 4 April 2017
  3. ↑ Tiedeseura, Suomen (1907). Finlandische hydrographisch-biologische untersuchungen (in German) (Public domain ed.). Helsingin uusi kirjapaino-osakeyhtiö. pp. 4–.

Coordinates: 59°48′30″N 19°46′56″E / 59.808417°N 19.782111°E / 59.808417; 19.782111

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