Storozhenskiy Light
Storozhenskiy Light in 2008 | |
| |
Location | Lake Ladoga, Russia |
---|---|
Coordinates | 60°31′38.92″N 32°37′18.01″E / 60.5274778°N 32.6216694°ECoordinates: 60°31′38.92″N 32°37′18.01″E / 60.5274778°N 32.6216694°E |
Year first constructed | 1907[1] |
Construction | stone |
Tower shape | round |
Markings / pattern | red and white horizontal bands |
Height | 233 feet (71 m) |
Focal height | 249 feet (76 m) |
Current lens | Fresnel lens |
ARLHS number | ERU-175 |
Storozhenskiy Light (Russian: Стороженский маяк), also known as Storozhno Light, is an active lighthouse in Lake Ladoga, in the Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located on a headland on the eastern side of the lake, separating the Svirsky lip of the lake from the Volkhov Bay, at the village of Storozhno.
At a height of 233 feet (71 m) it is the seventh tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world,[2] and the fourth tallest stone lighthouse.[3] It is a twin of the slightly shorter Osinovetsky Light.
The site is accessible and the tower is open by arrangement with the keeper.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Storozhno lighthouse. |
References
- ↑ 1911 according to "Storozhenskiy Light - Lighthouse Explorer Database - Lighthouses at Lighthouse Depot". lighthousedepot.com. Retrieved 9 August 2010. and according to "The Tallest Lighthouses".
- ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Russia: Lake Ladoga". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.