Mellanfjärden Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Mellanfjärden Lighthouse
The Mellanfjärden lighthouse, built in 1948, is an 8-meter tall square wooden skeletal tower. It features a gallery and a square wooden lantern room, with its light emitted through a horizontal slit window. The structure stands on a promontory at the western entrance to Mellanfjärden harbor. Its light shows quick flashes of white, red, or green, depending on the direction, with a geographic range of 10.4 nautical miles. The site is open to visitors, but the tower itself is closed to the public.
Why it matters: This lighthouse is important for local mariners, providing directional guidance for safe entry into Mellanfjärden harbor. Its quick-flashing, multi-colored light helps delineate safe channels and warn of dangers.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Quick
- Light Color
- White/Red/Green
- Interval
- 1.5s
- Raw Code
- Q W, R, G
- Focal Height
- 10m
- Light Range
- 6NM (11.1 km)
- Geographic Range
- 10.4NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1948
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 8m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- white
- Material
- wood
Structure: square wood skeletal tower with gallery and a square wood lantern room; the lights are shown through a horizontal slit window
Location
- City
- Nordanstigs kommun
- Country
- 🇸🇪Sweden
- Region
- Gävleborg County
- Sea Region
- promontory on the west side of the entrance to the harbor of Mellanfjärden
- Latitude
- 61.9490°
- Longitude
- 17.3448°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Hudiksvall(15.4 km)
- Admiralty No.
- C6043
- NGA No.
- 10708
- Wikidata
- Q41444565 →
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