Flåvær fyr is a coastal
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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on the island of Vardholmen in the
Flåvær
Flåvær is group of islets and skerries in the Herøyfjord in the municipality of Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The islands are located north of the island Gurskøya and southwest of the town of Fosnavåg. It includes the islet ...
islands in the
Herøyfjord in the municipality of
Herøy on west coast of
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 is located southwest of
Fosnavåg
is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in the List of municipalities of Norway, municipality of Herøy, Møre og Romsdal, Herøy in Møre og Romsdal counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is the administrative center of the municipality of ...
and
Eggesbønes
Eggesbønes is a village that is located in the southern part of the town of Fosnavåg in the municipality of Herøy, Møre og Romsdal, Herøy in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Located on the southern part of the island of Bergsøya, Herøy, Ber ...
and north of the island of
Gurskøya.
The tall lighthouse was first built in 1870, and it was renovated in 1887 and 1914. In 1952 it was connected to the electrical power grid, and it was fully automated in 1979.
See also
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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 ...
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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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External links
North Sea Trail entryNorsk Fyrhistorisk Forening
Lighthouses completed in 1870
Lighthouses in Møre og Romsdal
Sunnmøre
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