Holmengrå Lighthouse

Holmengrå Lighthouse

View of Holmengrå Lighthouse
Hordaland
Location Hordaland
Norway
Coordinates 60°50′34.8″N 04°38′57.9″E / 60.843000°N 4.649417°E / 60.843000; 4.649417Coordinates: 60°50′34.8″N 04°38′57.9″E / 60.843000°N 4.649417°E / 60.843000; 4.649417
Year first constructed 1892
Automated 1986[1]
Construction masonry
Tower shape square tower with gabled wings
Markings / pattern white tower, red lantern
Height 16 metres (52 ft)
Focal height 35.5 metres (116 ft)
Intensity 44,000 candela
Range white: 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi)
red: 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)
green: 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)
Characteristic Iso WRG 6s.
Racon T
Admiralty number B4156
NGA number 4212
ARLHS number NOR-123
Norway number NF-2015[2]

Holmengrå Lighthouse (Norwegian: Holmengrå fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located in the municipality of Fedje in Hordaland county, Norway. It sits on a tiny island in the mouth of the Fensfjorden and Fedjefjorden, near a busy shipping lane headed to the Mongstad industrial area.

History

The lighthouse was established in 1892. A radio beacon was active from 1947 to 1992.[3][4]

The lighthouse emits a white, red, or green light (depending on direction) using a 3 seconds on, 3 seconds off pattern. The light sits at an elevation of 35 metres (115 ft) above sea level. The 10-metre (33 ft) tall square tower is painted white, with a red lighthouse on the top.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening
  2. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Norway: Bergen Area". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Holmengrå fyr". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Holmengrå fyrstasjon" (in Norwegian). Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Kystverket (2014). Norske Fyrliste 2014 (PDF) (in Norwegian). ISBN 9788245013542.
  6. ↑ Rowlett, Russ (19 July 2011). "Lighthouses of Norway: Bergen Area". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2014-04-03.


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