Kvitholmen (Simabakleia, Store Lyngøy) Range Rear Lighthouse
Location & Light Range
About Kvitholmen (Simabakleia, Store Lyngøy) Range Rear Lighthouse
This square wooden tower, standing 6 meters tall, encloses a lantern and gallery. Its exterior is clad in wood siding, and it is painted red. The light emits a single red flash. The focal height of the light is 28 meters, providing a geographic range of 14.9 nautical miles. It serves as the rear light for the Kvitholmen Range, working in conjunction with a front light to guide vessels.
Why it matters: As the rear light of a range, it establishes a specific navigational line, critical for safe passage through channels in the complex Norwegian coastal waters.
Light & Optic
- Flash Type
- Flashing
- Light Color
- red
- Interval
- 6s
- Raw Code
- Fl.R
- Focal Height
- 28m
- Geographic Range
- 14.9NM
Location
- City
- Tromsø
- Country
- 🇳🇴Norway
- Region
- Troms
- Sea Region
- Located in Norway, this is the rear light of the Kvitholmen (Simabakleia, Store Lyngøy) Range, guiding navigation.
- Latitude
- 69.9261°
- Longitude
- 18.4820°
References & Identifiers
- Nearest Port
- Tromvik(8.8 km)
- Admiralty No.
- L3594.1
- NGA No.
- 13308
Tower & Structure
- Tower Height
- 6m
- Tower Shape
- square
- Tower Color
- red
- Material
- wood
Structure: square tower with lantern and gallery, enclosed by wood siding
Visiting
- Open to public
- Site open, tower closed
Nearby Vessels
Kvitholmen (Simabakleia, Store Lyngøy) Range Rear Deniz Feneri'ni canlı deniz haritasında bulun
Norway yakınlarında sefer planlayın, yakındaki gemileri gerçek zamanlı görün ve uygulamada 14.900'den fazla seyir yardımcısını keşfedin.