List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Denmark

This is a list of lighthouses and lightvessels in Denmark. Except for the island of Bornholm, Denmark is located at the transition between North Sea and Baltic Sea which includes the Skagerrak and Kattegat waters.

List

Name Image Water body Region Location Year Notes
Vesborg Lighthouse Kattegat Central Denmark Vesborg, Samsø island
55°46′10″N 10°33′05″E / 55.76944°N 10.55139°E 		1858 [1]
Hjelm Lighthouse Kattegat Central Denmark Hjelm island
56°08′00″N 10°48′20″E / 56.13333°N 10.80556°E 		1856 [1]
Fornæs Lighthouse Kattegat Central Denmark Norddjurs municipality
56°26′36.3″N 10°57′26.3″E / 56.443417°N 10.957306°E 		1839 [1]
Skagen Lighthouse Skagerrak North Denmark Skagen
57°44′08″N 10°37′49″E / 57.73556°N 10.63028°E 		1858 [2]
Skagen's Vippefyr Skagerrak North Denmark Skagen
57°43′36″N 10°36′29″E / 57.72667°N 10.60806°E 		1627 [3]
Skagen's White Lighthouse Skagerrak North Denmark Skagen
57°43′45″N 10°36′24″E / 57.72917°N 10.60667°E 		1747 [4]
Hirtshals Lighthouse Skagerrak North Denmark Hirtshals 1863 [5]
Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse Skagerrak North Denmark Lønstrup
57°26′58″N 09°46′31″E / 57.44944°N 9.77528°E 		1900 [6]
Christiansø Lighthouse Baltic Sea Bornholm Christiansø
55°19′27″N 15°11′29″E / 55.32417°N 15.19139°E 		1798
Dueodde Lighthouse Baltic Sea Bornholm Dueodde
54°59′30″N 15°04′28″E / 54.99167°N 15.07444°E 		1962 [7]
Hammeren Lighthouse Baltic Sea Bornholm Hammeren
55°17′11″N 14°45′55″E / 55.28639°N 14.76528°E 		1802 [7]
Hammer Odde Lighthouse Baltic Sea Bornholm Hammeren
55°17′52″N 14°46′19″E / 55.29778°N 14.77194°E 		1885 [7]
Rønne Lighthouse Baltic Sea Bornholm Rønne
55°05′58″N 14°41′46″E / 55.09944°N 14.69611°E 		1880 [7]
Svaneke Lighthouse Baltic Sea Bornholm Svaneke
55°07′54″N 15°09′10″E / 55.13167°N 15.15278°E 		1919 [7]
Lightvessel Gedser Rev Northern Bay of Mecklenburg Zealand Offshore south of Gedser Odde 1895 Registered as Lightvessel No. XVII (Danish: Fyrskib XVII Gedser Rev) this ship served on the Gedser Rev position until 1972. It is now a museum ship owned by the National Museum of Denmark.
Lightvessel XI Various Various Offshore 1878
Lightvessel I North Sea Southern Denmark Horns Rev west off Esbjerg 1913 This wooden ship was deactivated in 1980 and decommissioned in 1988. It is now a museum ship owned by a private foundation in Esbjerg.[5]
Lightvessel XXI Various Various Offshore 1911 Built in 1911, this wooden ship was mainly used at Horns Rev off the North Sea coast of Denmark. It was moored at Læsø island from 1945 to 1969 and had its final position at the Skagens Rev reef off Skagen Odde. The ship was decommissioned in 1988. As of 2006, it was used as a floating café in Ebeltoft.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Danish Lighthouse List 2013 Danish Maritime Authority
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rowlett, Russ (15 November 2013). "Lighthouses of Denmark: Northeast Jylland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Skagens vippefyr", Museet for Søfart. (Danish) Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Det Hvide Fyr i Skagen", Den Store Danske. (Danish) Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rowlett, Russ (24 February 2014). "Lighthouses of Denmark: West Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "The lighthouse's history", Rudbjerg Knude. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Rowlett, Russ (21 December 2013). "Lighthouses of Denmark: Bornholm". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

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