Rotvær Lighthouse () is a
coastal lighthouse
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Ligh ...
in
Lødingen Municipality
Lødingen () is a municipality in Nordland county in Norway. Lødingen is located on the southeastern corner of the island of Hinnøya, and is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Ofoten. The administrative centre of the munic ...
in
Nordland
Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...
county,
Norway
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. The lighthouse sits at the east end of the island of Fugløya, part of dangerous reef at the entrance to the
Ofotfjorden
The Ofotfjord (; ) is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. It is an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, located about north of the Arctic Circle. The long Ofotfjord is Norway, Norway's 12th longest fjord and it is also the 18th deepest, with a maximum d ...
, about south of the
village of Lødingen.
History
The tall lighthouse was first lit in 1914. In 1985, the old lighthouse was closed and a new automated, electric
fiberglass
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light was installed near the old tower. The light sits at an elevation of above sea level. The 25,400-
candela
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light is white, red, or green light depending on the viewing direction and it is
occulting
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once every 6 seconds. The light can be seen for up to .
See also
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Lighthouses in Norway
The coast of Norway is 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 Lighthouse, w ...
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List of lighthouses in Norway
The following is a sortable, but partial list of active and some decommissioned Lighthouses in Norway, lighthouses along the Norwegian coastline.
The sequence number follows the convention of listing lighthouses from the coastal border in the sou ...
References
External links
Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening
Lighthouses completed in 1914
Lødingen
Lighthouses in Nordland
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