Drogden Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Drogden Lighthouse
Drogden Lighthouse is a square stone tower, 20 meters tall, built in 1937. It stands on an elliptical stone pier and is part of a structure that includes a keeper's cottage and a lantern with a gallery. The tower is painted with red and white horizontal bands. Its light shows three white, red, or green flashes every 15 seconds, with a geographic range of 12.7 nautical miles. The lighthouse is situated in the southern entrance to the Oresund, about 5 kilometers southeast of Dragør.
Why it matters: A lightship station was first established in 1838 to mark the shoals and channels in this area. The current lighthouse ensures safe passage through the Oresund's complex channels and avoids hazards.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Occulting
- Light Color
- White/Red/Green
- Flash Count
- 3 flashes
- Interval
- 15s
- Raw Code
- Oc(3) WRG 15s
- Focal Height
- 18m
- Light Range
- 18NM (33.3 km)
- Geographic Range
- 12.7NM
Construction & History
- Year Built
- 1937
Significant events: Lightship station established 1838
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Dragor(2.6 km)
- Wikidata
- Q1259936 →
- OpenStreetMap
- View on OSM →
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 20m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- with red and white horizontal bands
- Material
- stone
Structure: square stone tower with lantern and gallery, centered on a 1-story rectangular keeper's cottage and mounted on an elliptical stone pier
Location
- Country
- 🇩🇰Denmark
- Sea Region
- southern entrance to the Oresund, about 5 km southeast of Dragør
- Latitude
- 55.5524°
- Longitude
- 12.7089°
Nearby Vessels
Drogden Deniz Feneri'ni canlı deniz haritasında bulun
Denmark yakınlarında sefer planlayın, yakındaki gemileri gerçek zamanlı görün ve uygulamada 14.900'den fazla seyir yardımcısını keşfedin.