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Kübassaare Lighthouse

Lighthouse in Estonia

Lighthouse

58°25′42.3″N 23°17′59.7″E / 58.428417°N 23.299917°E / 58.428417; 23.299917TowerConstructed1916 (first)
1924 (second)Constructionconcrete towerHeight18 metres (59 ft)Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lanternPower sourcemains electricity

LightFirst lit1939 (rebuilt)Focal height20 metres (66 ft)Range9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)CharacteristicLFl W 9s,^[1]Estonia no.EVA 987^[2] Map

Kübassaare Lighthouse (Estonian: Kübassaare tuletorn) is a lighthouse located in Kübassaare Peninsula, in the easternmost point of Saaremaa; in Estonia. The lighthouse is 18 metres in height, a round cylindrical concrete tower with a lantern and gallery.^[3] The current lighthouse had a height of 11 metres, before it was extended to 18 metres in 1939. The lighthouse has a glare configuration of: 2.5 s glare, 6.5 s off.^[4]

References

^ Kübassaare Lighthouse Archived 23 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Estonian Lighthouse Society
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
^ "Photograph". Panoramio. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

External links

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"Navigatsioonimärgi 987, Kübassaare tuletorn andmed". Navigatsioonimärkide andmekogu (in Estonian). 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 16 January 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

Lighthouses of Estonia

Italics indicate inactive sites.

Southwestern Estonia