Rankki Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Rankki Lighthouse
This concrete tower, standing 8 meters tall, is painted black and topped with a lantern and gallery. It was established in 1884 and guides vessels eastbound or westbound parallel to the coast near Kotka. The light emits three flashes, alternating white, red, and green, every 10 seconds. Its focal height reaches 11 meters above sea level, with a geographic range of 10.7 nautical miles. The lighthouse is situated on a skerry off the southeastern tip of Rankki, approximately 3 km west of Kirkonmaa island and 8 km southeast of Kotka.
Why it matters: The lighthouse's unique directional light system, displaying white, red, or green flashes, precisely delineates safe channels, preventing groundings on the numerous skerries and shoals in this complex archipelago.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White/Red/Green
- Flash Count
- 3 flashes
- Interval
- 10s
- Raw Code
- Fl(3) WRG 10s
- Focal Height
- 11m
- Light Range
- 6.5NM (12.0 km)
- Geographic Range
- 10.7NM
Construction & History
Significant events: Station established 1884
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Kotka(4.4 km)
- Admiralty No.
- C5386
- NGA No.
- 13564
- ARLHS No.
- FIN127
- Wikidata
- Q62083684 →
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 8m
- Tower Shape
- cylindrical
- Tower Color
- black
- Material
- concrete
Structure: round concrete tower with lantern and gallery, painted black
Location
- City
- Kotka
- Country
- 🇫🇮Finland
- Region
- Kymenlaakso
- Sea Region
- Located on a skerry off the southeastern tip of Rankki, about 3 km west of the island of Kirkonmaa and 8 km southeast of Kotka, guiding vessels eastbound or westbound parallel to the coast near Kotka.
- Latitude
- 60.3652°
- Longitude
- 26.9682°
Nearby Vessels
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خطّط رحلاتك قرب Finland، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.