Heggholmen Lighthouse
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| Location | Oslo Norway |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 59°53′07″N 10°42′49″E / 59.885352°N 10.713724°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1827 |
| Construction | wooden building |
| Automated | 1972 |
| Height | 15 metres (49 ft) |
| Shape | small lantern placed at one corner the keeper's house |
| Markings | white lighthouse, red lantern roof |
| Operator | Oslo Havnevesen[1] |
| Heritage | cultural heritage preservation in Norway  |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 6 metres (20 ft) |
| Lens | 6th order Fresnel lens |
| Intensity | 775 cd |
| Range | 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) |
| Characteristic | Iso G 1s. |
Heggholmen Lighthouse (Norwegian: Heggholmen fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located in the Oslofjord, in the municipality of Oslo, Norway.
The lighthouse was established in 1827, and today's building dates from 1876. Automated in 1959 and de-manned in 1972.
Heggholmen Lighthouse was listed as a protected site in 1998.[2]
Read about it (in Norwegian) at their official internet site www.FYR.no/fyr/heggholmen-fyrstasjon
See also
References
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Norway: Oslo Area (Akershus and Oslo)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Heggholmen fyrstasjon" (in Norwegian). Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ^ Arstal, Aksel; Just, Carl, eds. (1966) [1938]. "Heggholmen fyr". Oslo byleksikon (in Norwegian) (2 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug.
- ^ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Heggholmen fyr". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
External links
Media related to Heggholmen fyr at Wikimedia Commons- Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening (in Norwegian)
59°53′07″N 10°42′50″E / 59.88528°N 10.71389°E