Skogholm Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Skogholm Lighthouse
The Skogholm Lighthouse is a 5-meter tall square concrete tower with a lantern and gallery. Its focal height reaches 5.5 meters above the water. This active aid to navigation is located on a skerry east of Orhisaari, marking the east side of a ship channel. The lighthouse emits four white, red, and green flashes every 6 seconds, with the color indicating the direction. Its geographic range is 8.6 nautical miles. The site is open to visitors, though the tower itself is closed.
Why it matters: Skogholm Lighthouse is essential for safe navigation within the Finnish archipelago, marking the eastern edge of a critical ship channel. Its sector light precisely delineates safe passages and warns of submerged dangers in a complex network of islands and skerries.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Quick
- Light Color
- White/Red/Green
- Raw Code
- Q(4) WRG 6s
- Focal Height
- 5.5m
- Light Range
- 6.6NM (12.2 km)
- Geographic Range
- 8.6NM
Location
- City
- Pargas
- Country
- 🇫🇮Finland
- Region
- Southwest Finland
- Sea Region
- A skerry on the east side of the ship channel, due east of Orhisaari.
- Latitude
- 60.2789°
- Longitude
- 22.0895°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Pargas (Parainen)(6.0 km)
- Admiralty No.
- C4796.
- NGA No.
- SU-3529
- Wikidata
- Q62031609 →
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 5m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- white
- Material
- concrete
Structure: square concrete tower with lantern and gallery
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
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.