Nærøysund 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. This lighthouse replaced the Prestøy Lighthouse south of the island of

Nærøya Nærøya is an island in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island lies along the southern entrance to the Nærøysundet strait, about south of the town of Rørvik. The Old Nærøy Church is located on the island, which ...

(across the

Nærøysundet Nærøysundet is a strait in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The village of Rørvik, is located along the Nærøysundet, on the northwestern side. The strait is crossed by the Nærøysund Bridge which connects the mainlan ...

strait from this lighthouse) that was in operation from 1841 until 1904. This lighthouse was operational from 1904 until 1984, when the old lighthouse was decommissioned and a new automated light tower was built adjacent to the building. Nærøysund lighthouse stands on the eastern shore of the island of

Inner-Vikna Inner-Vikna is the largest of the three major islands in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located in the western part of the municipality and it includes the town of Rørvik, the administrative centre of Nær ...

, just south of

Rørvik Rørvik is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town and administrative centre in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is on the eastern side of the Vikna archipelago on the island of Inner-Vikna. The town has a population ...

, along the

strait. The light tower is tall. The

occulting light 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 ...

has a 6-second cycle, emitting a 26,100-

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. The light can be seen for about .

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Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening

Picture of Nærøysund Lighthouse
Lighthouses completed in 1904 Lighthouses in Trøndelag Nærøysund Vikna {{Norway-lighthouse-stub

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