Ryvarden Lighthouse

Ryvarden Lighthouse

Ryvarden Lighthouse
Hordaland
Location Sveio
Hordaland
Norway
Coordinates 59°31′36.9″N 05°13′31.1″E / 59.526917°N 5.225306°E / 59.526917; 5.225306Coordinates: 59°31′36.9″N 05°13′31.1″E / 59.526917°N 5.225306°E / 59.526917; 5.225306
Year first constructed 1849
Automated 1984
Construction wood
Tower shape square tower
Markings / pattern white tower, red lantern roof
Height 10 metres (33 ft)
Focal height 22.3 metres (73 ft)
Intensity 7,000 candela
Range 12.7 nmi (23.5 km; 14.6 mi)
Characteristic Oc (3) WRG 10s
Admiralty number B3578
NGA number 2900
ARLHS number NOR-038
Norway number NF-1332
Managing agent Sveio Kommune

Ryvarden Lighthouse (Norwegian: Ryvarden fyr) is a coastal lighthouse on the western coast of the municipality of Sveio in Hordaland county, Norway. The lighthouse was established in 1849 to mark the southern shore of the entrance to the Bømlafjorden from the sea. It is locted about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southwest of the municipal centre of Sveio. In 1984, the lighthouse was automated and it no longer needed a live-in lighthouse keeper on the site. In 2005, the municipality bought the building and the buildings are now used as a regional cultural centre/museum.

The 10-metre (33 ft) tall square wooden tower is white with a red lantern at the top. The light is emitted at an elevation of 22.3 metres (73 ft) above the sea level. The light on top emits a white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting three times every 10 seconds.[1][2] The lighthouse is in use from dusk until dawn every day from 1 July until 10 June each year (it is not in use for part of June due to the midnight sun in this part of the world).[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Kystverket (2014). Norske Fyrliste 2014 (PDF) (in Norwegian). ISBN 9788245015959.
  2. ↑ Rowlett, Russ (19 July 2011). "Lighthouses of Norway: Leirvik Area". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  3. ↑ Store norske leksikon. "Ryvarden fyr" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2015-03-08.
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