Heggholmen Lighthouse

Heggholmen Lighthouse
Gressholmen

Heggholmen Lighthouse
Oslo
Location Oslo
Norway
Coordinates 59°53′07″N 10°42′49″E / 59.885352°N 10.713724°E / 59.885352; 10.713724
Year first constructed 1827
Automated 1972
Construction wooden building
Tower shape small lantern placed at one corner the keeper's house
Markings / pattern white lighthouse, red lantern roof
Height 15 metres (49 ft)
Focal height 6 metres (20 ft)
Original lens 6th order Fresnel lens
Intensity 775 cd
Range 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)
Characteristic Iso G 1s.
Admiralty number B2412
NGA number 0480
ARLHS number NOR-112
Norway number NF-0231
Managing agent Oslo Havnevesen[1]

Heggholmen Lighthouse (Norwegian: Heggholmen fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located in the Oslofjord, in the municipality of Oslo, Norway. It was established in 1827, and automated in 1972. The lighthouse was listed as a protected site in 1998.[2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. Heggholmen Lighthouse The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 3, 2016
  2. "Heggholmen fyrstasjon" (in Norwegian). Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  3. Arstal, Aksel; Just, Carl, eds. (1966) [1938]. "Heggholmen fyr". Oslo byleksikon (in Norwegian) (2 ed.). Oslo: Aschehoug.
  4. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Heggholmen fyr". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
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Coordinates: 59°53′07″N 10°42′50″E / 59.88528°N 10.71389°E / 59.88528; 10.71389


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