Kikut Lighthouse

Kikut

Kikut Lighthouse
Location Wolin National Park, Baltic Sea
Coordinates 53°58.59′N 14°34.56′E / 53.97650°N 14.57600°E
Year first constructed 1826
Year first lit 1826
Automated 1962
Construction Tower from stones
Height 18 metres (59 ft)
Focal height 91.5 metres (300 ft)
Admiralty number C2892

Kikut Lighthouse (German: Kieckturm) is a lighthouse in the north of Poland on the Baltic Sea coast that is active since 1962. It is the highest light on Poland's coast.[1]

The lighthouse is situated near the village Wisełka on the island of Wolin and can only be reached via foot paths, steep at the end. The lighthouse was created on the base of an ancient view tower, the Kiekturm. It is one of the few Polish lighthouses, which can't be visited. Its light is visible from the neighbouring island of Usedom.[2]

The former lighthouse was built in 1826. This lighthouse was originally a 19th-century stone lookout tower. An upper level brick and a lantern were added and it was converted into a lighthouse in 1962. The lighthouse is located in Wolin National Park.

Height of building: 18.2 m
Height of fire: 91.5 m
Range of light white 16 smC
Characteristic [Iso W 10s] five seconds light - five seconds dark
Int. No.: C 2892

"Poland has at least 26 lighthouses on its Baltic coast and also many lighthouses on the inland waterway that extends from Świnoujście to Szczecin."[3]

References

  1. ↑ lightphotos.net, accessed on 18 August 2014.
  2. ↑ leuchtturmseiten.de, accessed on 18 August 2014 (German).
  3. ↑ Lighthouses of Poland: Baltic Coast, www.unc.edu.

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