List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Finland
This is a list of lighthouses and lightvessels in Finland.
Lighthouses
Name | Image | Water body | Location | Built | Notes |
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Bengtskär Lighthouse | Archipelago Sea | Bengtskär, 25 km southwest of the town of Hanko | 1906 | At 52 metres, this is the tallest light within all of the Nordic countries. | |
Buskskär Lighthouse | Buskskär, | Construction date unknown. | The status of this light is unknown. Presumably destroyed. | ||
Gustavsvärn Lighthouse | Hanko | 1949 (station established in 1865) | |||
Harmaja | Gulf of Finland | Helsinki | original- 1883
tower raised- 1900 |
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Helsinki Lighthouse | Gulf of Finland | 24 kilometers south of Helsinki city center | 1958 | ||
Holstanäs Lighthouse | Korpo, Pargas | Construction date is unknown | |||
Hyöky | Gulf of Finland | Tervasaari, harbor of Hamina | 1912 | Commissioned by Russian Navy, captured by Finland in World War I, decommissioned as a lightship in 1959 | |
Jussarö Lighthouse | Sundharun, Jussarö, Ekenäs | 1922, 1953, 1962, 1963 | |||
Jänissaari Lighthouse | Jänissaari, just outside of Turku | Construction date is unknown | |||
Kaitkivi Lighthouse | |||||
Kalholm Light | Kalholm, Kimitoön | Construction date is unknown | |||
Kalkkiniemi Lighthouse | Located outside of Turku | Construction date is unknown | |||
Kallo Lighthouse | Gulf of Bothnia | Pori (N 61° 35.670 E 021° 27.743)[1] | 1884 | More images at Commons | |
Keskiniemi Light | Gulf of Bothnia | northwestern promontory of Hailuoto island | 1858 | ||
Koskela Light | Gulf of Bothnia | southern shore of Letonniemi promontory in Taskila district of the City of Oulu | 1940 | Due to the glacial rebound the tower is located 150 yards (140 m) away from the coastline, and is almost completely hidden by the shrub. | |
Kylmäpihlaja Lighthouse | Gulf of Bothnia | Kylmäpihlaja island near Rauma (61°8′40″N, 21°18′10″E) | 1952 | Hotel attached to lighthouse | |
Marjaniemi Lighthouse | Gulf of Bothnia | westernmost point of Hailuoto island | 1871 | ||
Porkkala Lighthouse | Kallbådan, Porkkalanniemi, Kirkkonummi[2] | 1928 (lightship station established in the year of 1858)[2] | |||
Relandersgrund | Helsinki Harbour | Retired, docked in Helsinki, in use as a restaurant ship (2013) | 1888 | ||
Rautakallio Light | Gulf of Bothnia | island of Rautakallio in the narrows between the mainland and the island of Hailuoto | |||
Rivinletto Light | Gulf of Bothnia | Kaasamatala, a small island at the mouth of the river Kiiminkijoki in Haukipudas, Oulu | 1939 | ||
Russarö Lighthouse | Båklandet, Hanko | 1863 (station established in 1838) | This light is often referred to as the "Eye of Hanko". | ||
Rönnskär Lighthouse | Gulf of Finland | 59° 56' 7.8" N, 24° 23' 29.2" E[3] | 1814 | ||
Säppi Lighthouse | Gulf of Bothnia | outside the city of Pori in the island of Säppi | 1873 | ||
Söderskär Lighthouse | Gulf of Finland | Located on the island of Söderskär in Porvoo | 1862 | ||
Suomen leijona | Baltic Sea | 59°28.362′N 20°48.784′E | 2005 | ||
Suomenlinna Church | Gulf of Finland | Suomenlinna, Helsinki (60.147866°N 24.986229°E) | 1929 | The central dome also serves as a lighthouse. The light blinks the letter "H" for Helsinki in Morse code. | |
Tankar Lighthouse | Gulf of Bothnia | Öja Island, Gulf of Bothnia, approximately 15 km north-west of Kokkola (Karleby) municipality.[4] (Lat 63° 56" 59' Lon. 22° 50" 48') | 1889[4] | ||
Utö Lighthouse | Archipelago Sea | on the island of Utö, in Väståboland municipality | Original 1753 Rebuilt 1814 |
See also
References
- ^ "Kallon majakka, Kallo Lighthouse-Pori, Finland – Coastal Lighthouses on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com.
- ^ a b Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern Finland: Hamina to Porvoo". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
- ^ "Finland Lighthouses Rus". www.lighthousesrus.org. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
- ^ a b "Tankar : The Island of thousand stories!". Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
External links
- Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the Åland Islands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern Finland: Hamina to Porvoo". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Western Finland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northern Finland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Finland: Lakes". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.