Kråkenes Lighthouse | |
Location: | Kinn Municipality Vestland Norway |
Coordinates: | 62.0348°N 4.9861°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1906 |
Automated: | 1986 |
Construction: | wooden tower |
Marking: | white tower, red lantern |
Intensity: | 40,100 candela |
Range: | 12.8nmi |
Characteristic: | Oc WRG 6s. |
Managingagent: | Kråkenes Fyr |
Kråkenes Lighthouse (Norwegian: Kråkenes fyr) is a coastal lighthouse in Kinn Municipality in Vestland, Norway. It is located on a rocky, knife-like promontory jutting out of the northwestern tip of the island of Vågsøy.
It was first lit in 1906 and automated in 1986.[1] The original lighthouse was destroyed by fire following an Allied air raid in 1945. The current lighthouse now houses a restaurant and has rooms available for overnight accommodations.
The 10m (30feet) tall lighthouse is attached to the seaward side of a -story wood keeper's house built into the rocky shoreline. The building is white and the lighthouse portion has a red roof. The light sits at an elevation of above sea level and it emits a white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting once every 6 seconds. The light can be seen for up to 12.8nmi.[2] [3]
. 2012. Norske Fyrliste 2012. PDF. Kystverket. Norwegian Coastal Administration. Norwegian. 9788245013542. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054604/http://www.kystverket.no/PageFiles/7617/Midt-Norge.pdf. 2013-09-21.