The Sopot Lighthouse is a navigation facility on the Polish
Baltic coast
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain.
The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...
, located in
Sopot
Sopot is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, and has the status of the county, being the smallest c ...
. It was built in 1903–04 as a part of the Balneological Institute. The extent of its focal length of the light has since been reduced to , which, according to existing criteria, no longer formally makes it a
lighthouse, although it is still called so. It is open to visitors.
Polskie Latarnie
(in Polish)
See also
* List of lighthouses in Poland
This is a list of lighthouses in Poland.
Lighthouses
See also
* Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels
References
External links
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Lighthouses
Lighthouses
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References
External links
The Lighthouses of Poland
Urząd Morski w Słupsku
na portalu polska-org.pl
Lighthouses completed in 1904
Resort architecture in Pomerania
Lighthouses in Poland
Buildings and structures in Sopot
Tourist attractions in Pomeranian Voivodeship
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