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Kikut Lighthouse

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Year first lit
  
1962 (current)

Focal height
  
91.5 metres (300 ft)

Automated
  
1962

Year first constructed
  
1826

Construction
  
rubble masonry tower

Height
  
18 m

Phone
  
+48 733 226 714

Kikut Lighthouse

Location
  
Wolin National Park West Pomeranian Voivodeship Poland

Tower shape
  
cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern

Markings / pattern
  
unpainted tower, white lantern

Address
  
72-500 Miedzyzdroje, Poland

Similar
  
Wolin National Park, Świnoujście Lighthouse, Kołobrzeg Lighthouse, Lighthouse Niechorze, Latarnia Morska

Kikut Lighthouse (German: Kieckturm) is a lighthouse in the north of Poland on the Baltic Sea coast that is active since 1962. It is the highest light on Poland's coast.

The lighthouse is situated near the village Wisełka on the island of Wolin and can only be reached via foot paths, steep at the end.

History

The lighthouse was built on the base of an ancient view tower, the Kiekturm. It is one of the few Polish lighthouses, which can't be visited. Its light is visible from the neighbouring island of Usedom.

The former lighthouse was built in 1826. This lighthouse was originally a 19th-century stone lookout tower. An upper level brick and a lantern were added and it was converted into a lighthouse in 1962. The lighthouse is located in Wolin National Park.

Height of building: 18.2 m
Height of fire: 91.5 m
Range of light white 16 smC
Characteristic [Iso W 10s] five seconds light - five seconds dark
Int. No.: C 2892

"Poland has at least 26 lighthouses on its Baltic coast and also many lighthouses on the inland waterway that extends from Świnoujście to Szczecin."

References

Kikut Lighthouse Wikipedia


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