Nordøyan Lighthouse () 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 lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Ligh ...
in
Nærøysund Municipality
Nærøysund is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Namdalen. The municipality was established on 1 January 2020 after the mer ...
in
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. It was established in 1890 and automated in 1989. The light is powered on all year except from May 12 until July 25 due to the
midnight sun
Midnight sun, also known as polar day, is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, when the Sun remains visible at the local midnight. When midnight sun is see ...
in this region.
Nordøyan Lighthouse stands on the islet of Surenøy in the
Nordøyan islands, north of the
Foldafjord. The lighthouse tower is tall, and the light at the top of the tower is located above sea level. The white light is always on, emitting a 79,000
candela
The candela (symbol: cd) is the unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI). It measures luminous power per unit solid angle emitted by a light source in a particular direction. Luminous intensity is analogous to radi ...
light, and every 40 seconds it flashes a much brighter 2,070,000 candela light. The light can be seen for about .
See also
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Lighthouses in Norway
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List of lighthouses in Norway
References
External links
Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening
Lighthouses completed in 1890
Lighthouses in Trøndelag
Nærøysund
Vikna
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