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Skrova Lighthouse

Skrova Lighthouse
Skrova Fyr
Saltværsholmen
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Skrova Lighthouse
Skrova Lighthouse is located in Nordland
Skrova Lighthouse
Nordland
Location Vågan
Nordland, Norway
Coordinates 68°09′11″N 14°38′56″E / 68.15306°N 14.64889°E / 68.15306; 14.64889Coordinates: 68°09′11″N 14°38′56″E / 68.15306°N 14.64889°E / 68.15306; 14.64889
Year first constructed 1922
Automated 2005
Construction cast iron
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern red tower with two white bands, red lantern
Height 24.5 metres (80 ft)
Focal height 41 metres (135 ft)
Intensity 2,298,000 candela
Range 18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi)
Characteristic Fl (2) W 45s.
Admiralty number L2860.1
NGA number 11452
ARLHS number NOR-211
Norway number NF-7476

Skrova Lighthouse (Norwegian: Skrova fyr) is a coastal lighthouse in the municipality of Vågan in Nordland, Norway. It is located on a small skerry southwest of the island of Skrova which is in the Vestfjorden south of Austvågøya.

Skrova Lighthouse was first established in 1922 and it was automated in 2005. It was listed as a protected site in 1999. The 24.5-metre (80 ft) tall tower is red with two white horizontal stripes. The light on top gives two white flashes every 45 seconds.




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