Gjeslingene Lighthouse ( no, Gjeslingene 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.
Lighthouses mark ...
in the municipality of
Nærøysund
Nærøysund is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Namdalen. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 after the merger of the old municipalities of Vikna and Nærøy. The municipali ...
in
Trøndelag,
Norway.
It was established in 1877, was reinforced in 1961 and automated in 1987.
Gjæslingan lighthouse stands on the islet of Haraldsøykråka in the island group Sør-Gjæslingan øya on the north side of 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 ...
fjord. The white building consists of a high red iron tower on a stone base. The white light flashes once every ten seconds, and it can be seen for about . The lighthouse also emits a "G"
Racon signal.
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
Lighthouses completed in 1877
Lighthouses in Trøndelag
Nærøysund
Vikna
1877 establishments in Norway
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