Kaavi Lighthouse

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Kaavi Lighthouse
Kaavi tuletorn
Kaavi tuletorn 2008.jpg
LocationKaavi
Torgu Parish
Estonia
Coordinates57°58′56″N 22°11′43″E / 57.9822°N 22.195333°E / 57.9822; 22.195333Coordinates: 57°58′56″N 22°11′43″E / 57.9822°N 22.195333°E / 57.9822; 22.195333
Tower
Constructed1954
Constructionconcrete tower
Height15 metres (49 ft)
Shapesquare trocated pyramidal tower with balcony and no lantern
Markingsbrown tower with a white horizontal band
Power sourceaerothermal solar panel, solar power Edit this on Wikidata
Light
Focal height20 metres (66 ft)
Range9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi)
6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) since 1966
CharacteristicFl W 2.5 s.[1]
Estonia no.EVA 943[2]

Kaavi Lighthouse (Estonian: Kaavi Tuletorn) is a lighthouse located in Sõrve Peninsula, in the village of Kaavi, Torgu Parish, in the island of Saaremaa, in Estonia.

The lighthouse is a concrete square tower, with a gallery but no lantern, mounted on a concrete square block. The lighthouse is painted brown with a broad white horizontal band in the centre of the structure.[3] The lighthouse's location is on the southeast side of the Sõrve Peninsula, which is about four kilometres east of Mäebe.[4]

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References[]

  1. ^ Kaavi Lighthouse Archived 22 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Estonian Lighthouse Society
  2. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Photograph Of The Lighthouse". Panoramio. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  4. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

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