Góra Szwedów Lighthouse

Góra Szwedów Lighthouse

Góra Szwedów Lighthouse
Poland
Location Hel
Puck County
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Poland
Coordinates 54°37′35.5″N 18°49′09.8″E / 54.626528°N 18.819389°E / 54.626528; 18.819389Coordinates: 54°37′35.5″N 18°49′09.8″E / 54.626528°N 18.819389°E / 54.626528; 18.819389
Year first constructed 1936
Deactivated 1990
Foundation reinforced concrete
Construction steel skeletal tower
Tower shape square frustum tower with platform and no lantern
Height 17 metres (56 ft)
Focal height 34.30 metres (112.5 ft)
Range 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)
Admiralty number C2966
ARLHS number POL-043[1]

Góra Szwedów Lighthouse (Mount of Swedes Lighthouse) - a deactivated lighthouse on the coast of the Baltic Sea in the administrative region of the town of Hel, Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship; in Poland.[2] The lighthouse is located on the Hel Peninsula, on Góra Szwedów, a 19 metre high hill.[3] The lighthouse is located between the Jastarnia Lighthouse and the Lighthouse in Hel. The lighthouse replaced the Jastarnia Bór Lighthouse. The lighthouse was deactivated in 1990.[4]

See also

References

  1. Góra Szwedów Lighthouse The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 13, 2016
  2. "Góra Szwedów Lighthouse". Latarnica. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  3. "Góra Szwedów Lighthouse". Latarnie Morskie. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  4. "Deactivated Lighthouse North Of Hel". Forgotten. Retrieved 16 October 2015.


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