Kiipsaare Lighthouse

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Kiipsaare Lighthouse
Kiipsaare majakas, 2006-07-27.jpg
The lighthouse in 2006
Kiipsaare Lighthouse
Location Saaremaa
Estonia
Coordinates 58°29′45″N21°50′28″E / 58.49583°N 21.84111°E / 58.49583; 21.84111
Tower
Constructed1879 (first)
Foundationconcrete
Constructionconcrete tower
Height25 feet (7.6 m)
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markingswhite and black horizontal bands
Light
First lit1933 (second)
Deactivated1933 (first)
1992 (second)
Focal height85 feet (26 m)
Range15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi)
Characteristic Fl W 4s.
Estonia no.EVA 921 [1]

Kiipsaare Lighthouse is located on the tip of the Harilaid peninsula on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia, in the territory of Vilsandi National Park.

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The lighthouse was built from reinforced concrete in 1933. Its purpose was to warn mariners on the Baltic Sea about the dangers in the vicinity of the peninsula and to be of assistance in taking bearings. At that time the 25-metre-high (82 ft) lighthouse was 150 metres (490 ft) inland, but due to erosion it is now more than 50 metres (160 ft) offshore. [2] A lack of supporting ground has caused the lighthouse to lean. [3]

Kiipsaare Lighthouse at sunset (2013) LighthouseKiipsaate.jpg
Kiipsaare Lighthouse at sunset (2013)

While in 1988 the waterline was still 11 metres (36 ft) from the lighthouse, by the early 1990s the sea had already reached the lighthouse and it started to incline. Because of this the generator was removed in 1992 and Kiipsaare Lighthouse remained in the records as a daymark until 2009. [4]

The lighthouse played a prominent role in the Estonian World War II film „Somnambuul“ from 2003.

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  2. Pranzini, E.; Williams, A.T. (2013). Coastal Erosion and Protection in Europe. Routledge. p. 54. ISBN   978-1-84971-339-9 . Retrieved May 7, 2019.
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