Kapelludden lighthouse

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Kapelludden Lighthouse

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Kapelludden lighthouse
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Sweden
Location Kapelludden
Öland
Sweden
Coordinates 56°49′10″N16°50′42″E / 56.819549°N 16.845077°E / 56.819549; 16.845077 Coordinates: 56°49′10″N16°50′42″E / 56.819549°N 16.845077°E / 56.819549; 16.845077
Year first constructed 1872
Automated 1967
Construction cast iron tower
Tower shape square pyramidal skeletal tower with observation room, balcony, lantern and central cylinder
Markings / pattern red tower, grey lantern dome
Height 32 metres (105 ft)
Focal height 29.7 metres (97 ft)
Range 12.5 nautical miles (23 km; 14 mi) [1]
Characteristic LFI W 10s.
Admiralty number C7270
NGA number 116-7740
ARLHS number SWE-211
Sweden number SV-5498
Managing agent Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket) [2]
Heritage governmental listed building complex Blue pencil.svg

The lighthouse at Kapelludden, on the east coast of the Swedish island of Öland, was built and lit in 1871. It is located in a wetland near the ruin of a 13th-century chapel, in Bredsättra socken, Borgholm Municipality.

Kapelludden wetland in Sweden

Kapelludden is a wetland on the east coast of the island of Öland, Sweden, some four kilometers from the village of Bredsättra in Bredsättra socken, Borgholm Municipality. The area is rich in birdlife, and has important cultural remains and a functioning Kapelludden lighthouse.

Öland Place

Öland is the second largest Swedish island and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. Öland has an area of 1,342 square kilometres and is located in the Baltic Sea just off the coast of Småland. The island has 26,000 inhabitants. It is separated from the mainland by the Kalmar Strait and connected to it by the 6-kilometre (3.7 mi) Öland Bridge, which opened on 30 September 1972.

Bredsättra socken is a former socken of Runsten Hundred on Öland, Sweden. Since 1974, it's part of the Borgholm Municipality on the island of Öland, Sweden. It covers 29.11 square kilometers and had 251 inhabitants in 2000.

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The lighthouse is 32 meters high and was built by A.T. Gellerstedt.

See also

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References

  1. Lighthouse Kapelludden (Öland) www.leuchtturmseiten.de
  2. Kapelludden The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 5, 2016