Rotvær Lighthouse

Rotvær Lighthouse
Location Lødingen, Nordland, Norway
Coordinates 68°22′04″N 15°56′39″E / 68.36778°N 15.94417°ECoordinates: 68°22′04″N 15°56′39″E / 68.36778°N 15.94417°E
Year first constructed 1914
Automated 1985
Markings / pattern White with black stripes
Height 12 metres (39 ft)
Focal height 21.6 metres (71 ft)
Intensity 25,400 candela
Range 13 nmi (24 km; 15 mi)
Characteristic Oc WRG 6S
Admiralty number L2785
NGA number 11292
ARLHS number NOR-189
Norway number 734500

Rotvær Lighthouse (Norwegian: Rotvær fyr) was a coastal lighthouse in the municipality of Lødingen in Nordland county, Norway. The lighthouse sits at the east end of the island of Fugløya, part of dangerous reef at the entrance to the Ofotfjorden, about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of the village of Lødingen. The lighthouse was first lit in 1914 and it was electrified and automated in 1985. The light is white, red, or green light depending on the viewing direction and it is occulting once every 6 seconds.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Rotvær fyr". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  2. "Rotvær fyrstasjon" (in Norwegian). Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  3. Rowlett, Russ (19 July 2011). "Lighthouses of Norway: Bodø and Narvik Areas". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  4. Kystverket (2011). Norske Fyrliste 2011 (PDF) (in Norwegian). ISBN 9788245010398.