List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Denmark

This is a list of lighthouses and lightvessels in Denmark. Except for the island of Bornholm, Denmark is located at the transition between North Sea and Baltic Sea which includes the Skagerrak and Kattegat waters.

Lighthouses

Name Image Water body Region Location
Coordinates		 Year
built		 Notes
Vesborg LighthouseKattegatCentral DenmarkVesborg, Samsø island
55°46′10″N 10°33′05″E / 55.76944°N 10.55139°E / 55.76944; 10.55139		1858[1]
Hjelm LighthouseKattegatCentral DenmarkHjelm island
56°08′00″N 10°48′20″E / 56.13333°N 10.80556°E / 56.13333; 10.80556		1856[1]
Fornæs LighthouseKattegatCentral DenmarkNorddjurs municipality
56°26′36.3″N 10°57′26.3″E / 56.443417°N 10.957306°E / 56.443417; 10.957306		1839[1]
Skagen LighthouseSkagerrakNorth DenmarkSkagen
57°44′08″N 10°37′49″E / 57.73556°N 10.63028°E / 57.73556; 10.63028		1858[2]
Skagen's VippefyrSkagerrakNorth DenmarkSkagen
57°43′36″N 10°36′29″E / 57.72667°N 10.60806°E / 57.72667; 10.60806		1627[3]
Skagen's White LighthouseSkagerrakNorth DenmarkSkagen
57°43′45″N 10°36′24″E / 57.72917°N 10.60667°E / 57.72917; 10.60667		1747[4]
Hirtshals LighthouseSkagerrakNorth DenmarkHirtshals1863[5]
Rubjerg Knude LighthouseSkagerrakNorth DenmarkLønstrup
57°26′58″N 09°46′31″E / 57.44944°N 9.77528°E / 57.44944; 9.77528		1900[6]
Christiansø LighthouseBaltic SeaBornholmChristiansø
55°19′27″N 15°11′29″E / 55.32417°N 15.19139°E / 55.32417; 15.19139		1798
Dueodde LighthouseBaltic SeaBornholmDueodde
54°59′30″N 15°04′28″E / 54.99167°N 15.07444°E / 54.99167; 15.07444		1962[7]
Hammeren LighthouseBaltic SeaBornholmHammeren
55°17′11″N 14°45′55″E / 55.28639°N 14.76528°E / 55.28639; 14.76528		1802[7]
Hammer Odde LighthouseBaltic SeaBornholmHammeren
55°17′52″N 14°46′19″E / 55.29778°N 14.77194°E / 55.29778; 14.77194		1885[7]
Rønne LighthouseBaltic SeaBornholmRønne
55°05′58″N 14°41′46″E / 55.09944°N 14.69611°E / 55.09944; 14.69611		1880[7]
Svaneke LighthouseBaltic SeaBornholmSvaneke
55°07′54″N 15°09′10″E / 55.13167°N 15.15278°E / 55.13167; 15.15278		1919[7]
Lightvessel Gedser RevNorthern Bay of MecklenburgZealandOffshore south of Gedser Odde1895Registered as Lightvessel No. XVII (Danish: Fyrskib XVII Gedser Rev) this ship served on the Gedser Rev position until 1972. It is now a museum ship owned by the National Museum of Denmark.
Lightvessel XIVariousVariousOffshore1878
Lightvessel INorth SeaSouthern DenmarkHorns Rev west off Esbjerg1913This wooden ship was deactivated in 1980 and decommissioned in 1988. It is now a museum ship owned by a private foundation in Esbjerg.[5]
Lightvessel XXIVariousVariousOffshore1911Built in 1911, this wooden ship was mainly used at Horns Rev off the North Sea coast of Denmark. It was moored at Læsø island from 1945 to 1969 and had its final position at the Skagens Rev reef off Skagen Odde. The ship was decommissioned in 1988. As of 2006, it was used as a floating café in Ebeltoft.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Danish Lighthouse List 2013 Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine. Danish Maritime Authority
  2. 1 2 Rowlett, Russ (15 November 2013). "Lighthouses of Denmark: Northeast Jylland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Skagens vippefyr" Archived 2015-02-07 at the Wayback Machine., Museet for Søfart. (in Danish) Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Det Hvide Fyr i Skagen", Den Store Danske. (in Danish) Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  5. 1 2 Rowlett, Russ (24 February 2014). "Lighthouses of Denmark: West Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "The lighthouse's history", Rudbjerg Knude. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Rowlett, Russ (21 December 2013). "Lighthouses of Denmark: Bornholm". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  • Leuchtturm net's collection of photographs of Danish lighthouses and lightvessels
  • Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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