Kaavi Lighthouse


Kaavi Lighthouse (Estonian: Kaavi Tuletorn) is a lighthouse located in Sõrve Peninsula, in the village of Kaavi, Torgu Parish, in the island of Saaremaa, in Estonia.

Kaavi Lighthouse
Kaavi tuletorn
LocationKaavi
Torgu Parish
Estonia
Coordinates57.9822°N 22.195333°E / 57.9822; 22.195333
Tower
Constructed1954
Constructionconcrete tower
Height15 metres (49 ft)
Shapesquare trocated pyramidal tower with balcony and no lantern
Markingsbrown tower with a white horizontal band
Power sourceaerothermal solar panel, solar power Edit this on Wikidata
Light
Focal height20 metres (66 ft)
Range9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)
6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) since 1966
CharacteristicFl W 2.5 s.[1]
Estonia no.EVA 943[2]

The lighthouse is a concrete square tower, with a gallery but no lantern, mounted on a concrete square block. The lighthouse is painted brown with a broad white horizontal band in the centre of the structure.[3] The lighthouse's location is on the southeast side of the Sõrve Peninsula, which is about four kilometres east of Mäebe.[4]

See also

References
  1. Kaavi Lighthouse Archived 22 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Estonian Lighthouse Society
  2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. "Photograph Of The Lighthouse". Panoramio. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  4. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
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