Helsinki Municipality Lighthouses Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Helsinki Municipality Lighthouses Lighthouse
This navigational aid is a 13-meter skeletal tower located on Louesaari, a small island southeast of Santahamina. It features a triangular skeletal structure supporting a large rectangular daymark, painted orange with a yellow vertical stripe. The light emits an occulting white flash every 6 seconds from a focal height of 19 meters, with a geographic range of 12.9 nautical miles. The tower stands on a site open to the public, though the structure itself is closed. It guides vessels hugging the coast westbound toward Helsinki.
Why it matters: This light is essential for the safe navigation of cruise ships and ferries entering Helsinki, a major port, from the west.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Occulting
- Light Color
- White
- Interval
- 6s
- Raw Code
- Oc W 6s
- Focal Height
- 19m
- Geographic Range
- 12.9NM
Location
- City
- Helsinki
- Country
- 🇫🇮Finland
- Region
- Uusimaa
- Sea Region
- Located on Louesaari, a small island southeast of Santahamina, guiding vessels hugging the coast westbound toward Helsinki, a major port for cruise ships and ferries.
- Latitude
- 60.1469°
- Longitude
- 25.1097°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Helsinki(5.0 km)
- Admiralty No.
- C5216.1
- NGA No.
- 14384
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 13m
- Tower Shape
- skeletal
- Tower Color
- orange with a yellow vertical stripe
Structure: triangular skeletal tower carrying a large rectangular daymark colored orange with a yellow vertical stripe
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
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