Gdańsk Port Północny Lighthouse (''Gdańsk North Port Lighthouse'') is a

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Gdańsk Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...

, located on the

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coast of the

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, by the

Bay of Gdańsk A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a ''gulf'', ''sea'', ''sound'', or ''bight''. A ''cove'' is a small, ci ...

. It is the youngest lighthouse in

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; located between the lighthouse in Hel, and the lighthouse in Krynica Morska. The lighthouse houses the

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of the

Port of Gdańsk The Port of Gdańsk is a Polish 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 o ...

and is not open for the public. The lighthouse is the only lighthouse in

to have a

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to get to the top command deck. The lighthouse was built in 1984.

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Light characteristic A light characteristic is all of the properties that make a particular somewhat navigational light identifiable. Graphical and textual descriptions of navigational light sequences and colours are displayed on nautical charts and in Light Lists ...

** 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.

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Urząd Morski w Słupsku
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gdansk Port Polnocny Lighthouse Lighthouses completed in 1984 Resort architecture in Pomerania Lighthouses in Poland Tourist attractions in Pomeranian Voivodeship

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