Adziogol Lighthouse Explained

Coordinates:46.4924°N 32.2326°W
Yearbuilt:1911
Foundation:concrete base
Construction:skeletal steel
Shape:circular hyperboloid tower with central cylinder, double balcony and lantern
Marking:red tower
Height:[1]
Focalheight:[2]
Characteristic:F W on request, visible only on range line
Country:Ukraine
Countrynumber:UA-1001
Managingagent:Derzhhydrohrafiya
Module:
Wikidata:yes
Marker:lighthouse
Zoom:18

The Adziogol Lighthouse[3] (Ukrainian: Аджигольський маяк), also known as Stanislav–Adzhyhol Lighthouse or Stanislav Range Rear light, is one of two vertical lattice hyperboloid structures of steel bars, serving as active lighthouses in Dnieper Estuary, Ukraine. It is located about 30km (20miles) west of the city of Kherson. At a height of, it is the sixteenth-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world as well as the tallest in Ukraine.

Location

It is located on a concrete pier on a tiny islet in the combined Dnieper-Bug Estuary, which extends eastward into the Dnieper Estuary, a part of the Dnieper River delta, about 2.5km (01.6miles) north of the village of Rybalche (Skadovsk Raion) and south of the Cape of Adzhyhol, for which it is named. Together with the Stanislav Range Front Light (Small Adzhyhol Lighthouse), it serves as a range light, guiding ships entering the Dnieper River or the Southern Buh River within the vast Dnieper-Bug Estuary.

Details

The lighthouse was designed in 1910[4] and built in 1911 by Vladimir Shukhov. The one-story keeper's house sits inside the base of the tower.

The site of the tower is accessible only by boat. The site is open to the public but the tower is closed.

On 22 July 2022, the lighthouse was damaged by a Russian missile attack, 3 rockets hit the lighthouse.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. According to List of Lights. according to The Lighthouse Directory. according to Great Buildings.
  2. According to List of Lights. according to The Lighthouse Directory.
  3. Book: Avery . Derek . Victorian and Edwardian Architecture . 2003 . Chaucer . London . 136.
  4. Web site: Berechnung eines Leuchtturms mit bis zu 68 m lichter Höhe nach dem System des Ingenieurs V. G. Suchov. German. Calculation of a lighthouse lights up to 68 m height under the system of the engineer V. G. Sukhov. Suchov, Vladimir Grigor'evic. 2003 . Universität Stuttgart . 10.18419/opus-5872 .
  5. Web site: Мешканці Херсонщини повідомляють, що росіяни влучили ракетами в найвищий маяк України . 2023-04-28 . unian.ua . uk.