Skjeljaboskaget Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Skjeljaboskaget Lighthouse
The Skjeljaboskaget lighthouse is a 6-meter square fiberglass tower painted white with two black horizontal bands and a red roof. It stands at a focal height of 17 meters and emits a long white, red, or green flash every 10 seconds, with the color changing depending on the viewing angle. This light has a geographic range of 12.4 nautical miles. The current structure replaced an earlier light that was mounted on a platform supported by four piles. The lighthouse is located at the northwestern corner of Store Kalsøy island, near Austevoll in Norway's Vestland region.
Why it matters: Its unique directional light changing color based on approach provides specific warnings to mariners, aiding safe navigation around Store Kalsøy.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Long Flash
- Light Color
- White/Red/Green
- Interval
- 10s
- Raw Code
- LFl WRG 10s
- Focal Height
- 17m
- Geographic Range
- 12.4NM
Construction & History
Significant events: previous light on platform supported by four piles
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Torangsvag(3.9 km)
- Admiralty No.
- B3782
- NGA No.
- 3524
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 6m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- white with two black horizontal bands, red roof
- Material
- fiberglass
Structure: fiberglass tower colored white with two black horizontal bands; roof is red
Location
- City
- Austevoll
- Country
- 🇳🇴Norway
- Region
- Vestland
- Sea Region
- northwestern corner of Store Kalsøy
- Latitude
- 60.1356°
- Longitude
- 5.0416°
Nearby Vessels
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خطّط رحلاتك قرب Norway، وشاهد السفن المجاورة في الوقت الفعلي، واستكشف أكثر من 14,900 معلَم ملاحي في التطبيق.