Storozhenskiy Light

Storozhenskiy Light
Storozhno

Storozhenskiy Light in 2008
Leningrad Oblast
Location Lake Ladoga
Leningrad Oblast
Russia
Coordinates 60°31′53.11″N 32°37′33.58″E / 60.5314194°N 32.6259944°E / 60.5314194; 32.6259944Coordinates: 60°31′53.11″N 32°37′33.58″E / 60.5314194°N 32.6259944°E / 60.5314194; 32.6259944
Year first constructed 1907[1]
Construction stone tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern tower with red and white horizontal bands, red lantern dome
Height 71 metres (233 ft)
Focal height 76 metres (249 ft)
Current lens Fresnel lens
Characteristic Fl WRG
ARLHS number ERU-175[2]

Storozhenskiy Light (Russian: Стороженский маяк), also known as Storozhno Light, is an active lighthouse in Lake Ladoga, in the Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located on a headland on the eastern side of the lake, separating the Svirsky lip of the lake from the Volkhov Bay, at the village of Storozhno.

At a height of 233 feet (71 m) it is the seventh-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world,[3] and the fourth-tallest stone lighthouse.[4] It is a twin of the slightly shorter Osinovetsky Light.

The site is accessible and the tower is open by arrangement with the keeper.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1911 according to "Storozhenskiy Light - Lighthouse Explorer Database - Lighthouses at Lighthouse Depot". lighthousedepot.com. Retrieved 9 August 2010. and according to "The Tallest Lighthouses".
  2. ↑ Storozhenskiy The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 19, 2016
  3. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  4. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Russia: Lake Ladoga". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


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