The Dyrhólaey Lighthouse ( ) is a
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
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located on the central south coast of
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
.
Description
The lighthouse consists of a square concrete tower, painted white with red trim. Integral
keepers quarters are placed on the left and right sides of the tower.
A red metal lantern house is placed on top of the tower.
The
focal plane
In Gaussian optics, the cardinal points consist of three pairs of points located on the optical axis of a rotationally symmetric, focal, optical system. These are the '' focal points'', the principal points, and the nodal points. For ''ideal'' ...
of the light is .
The overall height of the tower is . The site (but not the tower) is open to visitors.
History
The light station at
Dyrhólaey
Dyrhólaey (, "door hill island"), formerly known by seamen as Cape Portland, is a small promontory located on the south coast of Iceland, not far from the village Vík. It was formerly an island of volcanic origin, which is also known by the ...
was established in 1910.
The first lighthouse was a skeletal steel tower prefabricated in Sweden.
The present lighthouse was built in 1927.
Characteristic
The light flashes white every 10 seconds.
It marks the southernmost point of the mainland of Iceland.
See also
*
List of lighthouses in Iceland
This is a list of lighthouses in Iceland.
Lighthouses
See also
* Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
References
{{Lighthouses in Europe
Towers in Iceland
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References
External links
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Lighthouses completed in 1927
Lighthouses in Iceland