Ellingråsa Lighthouse ( no, Ellingråsa fyrstasjon) 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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that is located on the island of
Bjørøya
Bjørøya is an island in the Folda sea, just south of the Namsenfjorden in the municipality of Flatanger in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island lies about east of the island of Villa and about north of the island of Lauvøya. The island ...
in the
Folda Folda may refer to:
Places
* Folda, Angus, a hamlet in Angus, Scotland
* Folda, Nordland, a fjord in Nordland county, Norway
* Folda (Rindal), a river in Møre og Romsdal and Trøndelag counties in Norway
* Folda, Trøndelag, a firth and fjord in T ...
sea in the municipality of
Flatanger
Flatanger is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lauvsnes. Othe ...
in
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; sma, Trööndelage) is a county in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County ( no, Trondhjems Amt); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmar ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. The lighthouse was completed in 1888 to replace the old
Villa Lighthouse which closed in 1890. Ellingråsa Lighthouse was automated in 1959.
The tall tower emits a white, red or green light (depending on direction), flashing twice every five seconds. The light can be seen for up to away. The tower sits right next to the old Ellingråsa Lighthouse building which was closed in 2001.
See also
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Lighthouses in Norway
The coast of Norway is 100,915 km long and there have been a total of 212 lighthouses along it, but no more than 154 have ever been operational at the same time. The first, Lindesnes Lighthouse, opened in 1655; the newest Lighthouse, Anda, ...
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List of lighthouses in Norway
The following is a sortable, but partial list of active and some decommissioned lighthouses along the Norwegian coastline.
The sequence number follows the convention of listing lighthouses from the coastal border in the south with Sweden around ...
References
External links
Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening
Picture of Ellingråsa Lighthouse
Lighthouses completed in 1888
Lighthouses in Trøndelag
Flatanger
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