Finnvær Lighthouse ( no, Finnvær fyr) is a

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in the municipality of Frøya in

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county,

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. The

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is located at Finnværet on the small island of Valøya in the

Froan Froan or Froøyene is a populated archipelago of small, rocky islands in the municipality of Frøya in Trøndelag county, Norway. Froan consists of several hundred islands and islets that lie in the sea about west of the Fosen peninsula. The i ...

islands. The lighthouse is located about northeast of the Sula Lighthouse which is at Sula, about northeast of Vingleia Lighthouse, and about southwest of the

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. The lighthouse was originally built in 1912 but in 1985 it was closed and a new automated tower was built right next to it.

Current tower

The tall

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, cylindrical tower is painted white with two black horizontal stripes around it. The roof is painted red. On top of the tower, at an elevation of above sea level is the light. The

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is on for four seconds and then off for four seconds emitting a white, red or green light (depending on direction). The light can be seen for up to . The tower is powered by

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Old tower

The original lighthouse was built in 1912. The tall tower was a square, wooden tower that was white with a red roof. It was attached to a -story lighthouse keeper's house. The old tower was closed in 1985 when the new automated tower was completed.

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Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening
{{DEFAULTSORT:Finnvaer Lighthouse Lighthouses completed in 1912 Lighthouses completed in 1985 Froan Lighthouses in Trøndelag 1912 establishments in Norway

Current tower

Old tower

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