Voslapp Rear Range Light

Lighthouse in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, part of Voslapp range lights

Lighthouse

53°34′53.8″N 8°7′51.1″E / 53.581611°N 8.130861°E / 53.581611; 8.130861TowerConstructed1962Foundation26 posts, ø 50 centimetres (20 in), approx. 15.5 metres (51 ft) longConstructionconcrete towerHeight201 feet (61 m)Shapecylindrical tower with three galleriesMarkingstower painted with red and white horizontal bandsOperatorWSA Wilhelmshaven^[2]LightFocal height198 feet (60 m)^[1]Intensity1,590,000 cdRange27 nautical miles (50 km; 31 mi)Characteristicwhite light, 3s on, 3s off, synchronized with Voslapp Front Range Light

Voslapp Rear Range Light (German: Voslapp Oberfeuer) is an active lighthouse and range light in Voslapp, state of Lower Saxony, Germany. At a height of 201 feet (61 m) it is the twenty-second tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world.^[3] It is located 4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi) south-southwest of Voslapp Front Range Light, behind the dike at the village of Voslapp, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Wilhelmshaven.

The tower is 4.5 metres (15 ft) in diameter. The lamp used is a 250 W lamp.

The Voslapp Range Lights replaced a single lighthouse which was built in 1907.

The site is open, but the tower is closed to the public.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Voslapp Range Rear.

^ According to List of Lights. The Lighthouse Directory has 197 feet (60 m).
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Borkum to Wilhelmshaven". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

List of Lights, Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 160.
Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Borkum to Wilhelmshaven". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"RFL Voslapp". wsa-wilhelmshaven.de (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2010.