Hekkingen Lighthouse

Hekkingen Lighthouse

Hekkingen Lighthouse
Troms
Location Lenvik
Troms
Norway
Coordinates 69°36′05.9″N 17°49′47.9″E / 69.601639°N 17.829972°E / 69.601639; 17.829972Coordinates: 69°36′05.9″N 17°49′47.9″E / 69.601639°N 17.829972°E / 69.601639; 17.829972
Year first constructed 1859
Automated 2004
Construction wooden tower
Tower shape trapezoidal prism tower attached to the keeper's house
Markings / pattern white tower, red gallery and lantern
Height 10 metres (33 ft)
Focal height 23 metres (75 ft)
Intensity 27,000 cd
Range 14.6 nautical miles (27.0 km; 16.8 mi)
Characteristic Oc WRG (2) 8s.
Admiralty number L3552
NGA number 13160
ARLHS number NOR-113
Norway number NF-8625
Managing agent [1]

Hekkingen Lighthouse (Norwegian: Hekkingen fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located in the Malangen fjord in the municipality of Lenvik in Troms, Norway. It was first lit in 1859. The lighthouse was listed as a protected site in 2000.[2]

Hekkingen Lighthouse





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References

  1. ↑ Hekkingen Lighthouse The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 8, 2016
  2. ↑ Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Hekkingen fyr". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 December 2011.


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