Gdańsk Port Północny Lighthouse (''Gdańsk North Port 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.
Lighthouses mar ...
in
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
, located on the
Polish
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coast of the
Baltic Sea
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The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
, by the
Bay of Gdańsk. It is the youngest lighthouse in
Poland
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; located between the
lighthouse in Hel, and the
lighthouse in Krynica Morska.
The lighthouse houses the
admiralty
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of the
Port of Gdańsk
The Port of Gdańsk is a seaport located on the southern coast of Gdańsk Bay in the city of Gdańsk, extending along the Vistula estuary Martwa Wisła (Dead Vistula), Port Channel and Kashubia Canal. It is one of the largest seaports on the ...
and is not open for the public. The lighthouse is the only lighthouse in
Poland
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to have a
lift to get to the top command deck. The lighthouse was built in 1984.
Technical data
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Light characteristic
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** Light: 0.5 s.
** Darkness: 1.5 s.
** Light: 0.5 s.
** Darkness: 1.5 s.
** Light: 0.5 s.
** Darkness: 4.5 s.
** Period: 9 s.
See also
*
List of lighthouses in Poland
This is a list of lighthouses in Poland.
Lighthouses
See also
* Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
References
External links
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References
External links
Urząd Morski w Słupsku
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Lighthouses completed in 1984
Resort architecture in Pomerania
Lighthouses in Poland
Tourist attractions in Pomeranian Voivodeship