Hundskärsknuv Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Hundskärsknuv Lighthouse
Also known as: Hundskärsknuv (Huvudskäsknuv)
This concrete tower, built in 1939, stands 8 meters tall on a skerry west of Rödloga island in Stockholm County. It is painted white with a red horizontal band encircling the lantern. The lighthouse emits a flashing white, red, or green light every 3 seconds, with a focal height of 9 meters. Its geographic range is 10 nautical miles. The site is accessible by boat, but the tower itself is closed to the public. The nearest port is Kapellskar, approximately 7.5 kilometers away.
Why it matters: The lighthouse is important for marking skerries off the western tip of Rödloga island within the Stockholm archipelago.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White/Red/Green
- Interval
- 3s
- Raw Code
- Fl WGR 3s
- Focal Height
- 9m
- Geographic Range
- 10NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1939
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 8m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- white with a red horizontal band around the lantern
- Material
- concrete
Structure: round cylindrical concrete tower with lantern and gallery, painted white with a red horizontal band around the lantern
Location
- City
- Norrtälje kommun
- Country
- 🇸🇪Sweden
- Region
- Stockholm County
- Sea Region
- a skerry off the western tip of the island of Rödloga, Sweden
- Latitude
- 59.5979°
- Longitude
- 19.1254°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Kapellskar(7.5 km)
- Admiralty No.
- C6399
- NGA No.
- 9352
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