Vännskär Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Vännskär Lighthouse
Also known as: Vännskär (Ytre Vännskär)
Built in 1920, Vännskär lighthouse is a cast iron tower with a lantern and gallery, standing on a concrete base. The structure, painted red, reaches a height of 11.5 meters, with its focal plane at 15 meters. It emits three flashes of white, red, or green light in a 9-second cycle, indicating different sectors for navigation. Located on an island approximately 5 miles east of Sikeå Hamn, this lighthouse is accessible only by boat. The surrounding site is open to visitors, though the tower itself remains closed.
Why it matters: Vännskär lighthouse aids safe passage in the waters east of Sikeå Hamn with its directional light signals. Its distinctive black and white spiral banding makes it an architecturally unusual structure among Swedish lighthouses.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- White/Red/Green
- Flash Count
- 3 flashes
- Interval
- 9s
- Raw Code
- Fl(3) WRG 9s
- Focal Height
- 15m
- Light Range
- 9.2NM (17.0 km)
- Geographic Range
- 11.9NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1920
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 11.5m
- Tower Color
- red
- Material
- concrete, cast iron
Structure: cast iron tower with lantern and gallery, mounted on a concrete base
Location
- City
- Robertsfors kommun
- Country
- 🇸🇪Sweden
- Region
- Västerbotten County
- Sea Region
- on an island about 5 mi east of Sikeå Hamn
- Latitude
- 64.1615°
- Longitude
- 21.1299°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Sikea(5.6 km)
- Admiralty No.
- C5840
- NGA No.
- 116-11324
- ARLHS No.
- SWE-416
- Wikidata
- Q41696509 →
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