Finnvær Lighthouse

Finnvær Lighthouse
Finnvær fyr
View of Finnvær lighthouse
Location Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
Coordinates
Year first constructed 1912
Year first lit 1912
Automated 1985
Construction Fiberglass
Markings / pattern White tower with 2 black stripes
Height 10.2 metres (33 ft)
Focal height 18.4 metres (60 ft)
Range 9.6 nmi (17.8 km; 11.0 mi)
Characteristic Oc WRG 6S

Finnvær Lighthouse (Norwegian: Finnvær fyr) is a lighthouse at Finnværet on the island of Valøya, part of the Froan islands in the municipality of Frøya in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lighthouse is located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) northeast of the Sula lighthouse at Sula, 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Vingleia Lighthouse, and about 18 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of the Halten Lighthouse at Halten.

In 1985, the lighthouse was automated and the old wooden building was turned in to a museum, and a new fiberglass tower was built. The occulting light in white, red, and green can be seen for 9.6 nautical miles (17.8 km; 11.0 mi). The lighthouse is powered by solar power.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Kystverket (2008) (in Norwegian) (PDF). Norske Fyrliste 2008. ISBN 9788245006285. http://www.kystverket.no/arch/_img/9719183.pdf. 
  2. ^ Store norske leksikon. "Finnvær fyr" (in Norwegian). http://www.snl.no/Finnv%C3%A6r_fyr. Retrieved 2010-12-22.