Heggholmen Lighthouse

Heggholmen Lighthouse
Gressholmen

Heggholmen Lighthouse
Oslo
Location Oslo
Norway
Coordinates 59°53′07″N 10°42′49″E / 59.885352°N 10.713724°E / 59.885352; 10.713724
Year first constructed 1827
Automated 1972
Construction wooden building
Tower shape small lantern placed at one corner the keeper's house
Markings / pattern white lighthouse, red lantern roof
Height 15 metres (49 ft)
Focal height 6 metres (20 ft)
Original lens 6th order Fresnel lens
Intensity 775 cd
Range 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)
Characteristic Iso G 1s.
Admiralty number B2412
NGA number 0480
ARLHS number NOR-112
Norway number NF-0231
Managing agent Oslo Havnevesen[1]

Heggholmen Lighthouse (Norwegian: Heggholmen fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located in the Oslofjord, in the municipality of Oslo, Norway. It was established in 1827, and automated in 1972. The lighthouse was listed as a protected site in 1998.[2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Heggholmen Lighthouse The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 3, 2016
  2. ↑ "Heggholmen fyrstasjon" (in Norwegian). Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  3. ↑ Arstal, Aksel; Just, Carl, eds. (1966) [1938]. "Heggholmen fyr". Oslo byleksikon (in Norwegian) (2 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug.
  4. ↑ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Heggholmen fyr". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
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Coordinates: 59°53′07″N 10°42′50″E / 59.88528°N 10.71389°E / 59.88528; 10.71389


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