Halten Lighthouse Explained

Halten Lighthouse
Halten fyrstasjon
Coordinates:64.1729°N 9.4054°W
Location:Halten, Trøndelag, Norway
Yearbuilt:1875
Automated:2005
Construction:Stone
Shape:Cylindrical
Marking:White with 2 black bands
Intensity:1,080,000 candela
Range:17.5nmi
Characteristic:Fl W 4s
Racon:T (-)
Country:Norway
Countrynumber:471800

Halten Lighthouse (Norwegian: Halten fyr) is a coastal lighthouse in the municipality of Frøya in Trøndelag county, Norway. The lighthouse is situated in the now uninhabited fishing village of Halten. It was first lit in 1875, and it is the northernmost of the chain of lighthouses marking the string of islands called Froan north of Frøya. The lighthouses include Sula Lighthouse in south, Vingleia Lighthouse, Finnvær Lighthouse, and finally Halten Lighthouse. The lighthouse emits the morse code letter "T" (-) as a racon signal.[1]

The 29.5m (96.8feet) tall stone lighthouse tower is painted white and it has two black horizontal stripes. The light sits at an elevation of . The light emits a white flash of light every four seconds. It has a luminous intensity of 1,080,000 candela and a visibility of up to 17.5nmi.[2] [3]

The lighthouse tower was originally planned to build a twin-tower lighthouse with the Lista Lighthouse, but the technical development of lighthouses made this unnecessary so it was dismantled and rebuilt here. A lot of the original interior and exterior are preserved on the lighthouse and the station has been declared a historic preservation site. The station is still in use by the Norwegian Coastal Administration as a base station.

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Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Halten fyr. Tor. Wisting. 2018-02-22. 2009-02-14. Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. Norwegian.
  2. 19 July 2011. 2018-02-22.
  3. Book: Norwegian Coastal Administration

    . 2018. Norske Fyrliste. PDF. Kystverket. Norwegian Coastal Administration. Norwegian. 9788245015959. 2018-02-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143229/http://153.44.6.20/fyrlister/Fyrliste_HeleLandet.pdf. 2018-06-12. dead.