Gdańsk Port Północny Lighthouse

Gdańsk Port Północny Lighthouse (Gdańsk North Port Lighthouse) is a lighthouse in Gdańsk, located on the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea, by the Bay of Gdańsk. It is the youngest lighthouse in Poland; located between the lighthouse in Hel, and the lighthouse in Krynica Morska.[2]

Gdańsk Port Północny Lighthouse
Gdańsk North Port Lighthouse
Poland
LocationGdańsk
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Poland
Coordinates54°24′00.5″N 18°41′46.4″E
Year first constructed1984
Foundationreiforced concrete
Tower shapesquare tower with 3-story control and observation room on the top
Markings / patternblue tower, white control and observation room
Tower height61 metres (200 ft)
Focal height56 metres (184 ft)
Light sourcemains power
Range25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi)
CharacteristicFl (3) W 9s.
Admiralty numberC3080.8
NGA number6968
ARLHS numberPOL-007[1]

The lighthouse houses the admiralty of the Port of Gdańsk and is not open for the public.[3] The lighthouse is the only lighthouse in Poland to have a lift to get to the top command deck. The lighthouse was built in 1984.[4]

Technical data
  • Light characteristic
    • Light: 0.5 s.
    • Darkness: 1.5 s.
    • Light: 0.5 s.
    • Darkness: 1.5 s.
    • Light: 0.5 s.
    • Darkness: 4.5 s.
    • Period: 9 s.

See also

References
  1. Port Północny Lighthouse Archived 26 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 16 March 2016
  2. "Latarnia Morska w Gdańsku – Port Północny". Latarnie. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  3. "Latarnia morska w Gdańsku – Port Północny". Polskie Pomorze. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  4. "Gdańsk Port Północny". Latarnie Morskie. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
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