Osinovetsky Light Explained

Location:Lake Ladoga
Leningrad Oblast
Russia
Coordinates:60.1188°N 31.0804°W
Yearbuilt:1905[1]
Construction:stone tower
Shape:cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Marking:red and white bands tower, white lantern
Height:230feet
Focalheight:243feet
Characteristic:Fl WRG

Osinovetsky Light (Russian: Осиновецкий маяк) is an active lighthouse in Lake Ladoga, in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located on a headland near the southwest corner of the lake near Kokorevo.[2] The light marks the west side of the entrance to the southernmost bay of the lake, leading to the Neva entrance.

At a height of 230feet it is the eighth tallest "traditional" lighthouse in the world. It is a slightly shorter twin of Storozhenskiy Light.

The lighthouse has served as an important landmark in the Road of Life during the Siege of Leningrad (September 8, 1941 to January 27, 1944).[3]

The former lightkeeper, Sergey Shulyatev, has had this position from 1987 to 2010, being then the oldest lighthouse keeper in Russia.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. 1910 according to "The Tallest Lighthouses".
  2. March 20, 2016.
  3. Web site: http://militera.lib.ru/h/kovalchuk_vm/02.html. ru:Перевозки по Ладожскому озеру в 1941 г.. militera.lib.ru. 9 August 2010. Russian. Transportation to Lake Ladoga in 1941.
  4. Web site: Осиновецкий маяк . BudniSPB.ru . 2021-01-13 . ru . Osinovetsky Lighthouse .