Lighthouse in Sopot

Latarnia Morska Sopot
Location Sopot, Poland
Coordinates
Year first lit 1903
Construction masonry
Height 30 metres
Range 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8 mi)
Characteristic light flashes once every 4 seconds

Lighthouse in Sopot - the navigation facility on the Polish Baltic coast, located in Sopot. Built in 1903-4 as a part of Balneological Institute. Since reducing the extent of the light to 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8 mi)[1], according to existing criteria in that matter, it is no longer formally a lighthouse, but still is called so. Light Tower is open to visitors[2].

References

  1. ^ (PDF) List of Lights, Pub. 116, Baltic Sea with Kattegat, Belts and Sound and Gulf of Bothnia. List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. p. 95. http://msi.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/NAV_PUBS/NIMA_LOL/Pub116/Pub116bk.pdf. 
  2. ^ Polskie Latarnie (in Polish)

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