Bøkfjord Lighthouse

Bøkfjord Lighthouse
Location Sør-Varanger, Norway
Year first constructed 1910 (rebuilt 1947–1948)
Construction concrete
Height 10 m
Focal height 33 m
Intensity 513,000 cd
Range 16 nm

Bøkfjord Lighthouse (Norwegian: Bøkfjord fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located outside Kirkenes in the municipality of Sør-Varanger in Finnmark, Norway. It was established in 1910, and re-built in 1947–1948, having been destroyed during World War II. The lighthouse was listed as a protected site in 1998.[1]

References

  1. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. "Bøkfjord fyr" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://snl.no/Bøkfjord_fyr. Retrieved 13 December 2011.