Deactivated 2010 Focal height 56 metres (184 ft) Height 18 m NGA number 9772 | Construction stone tower Current lens 4th order Fresnel lens Opened 1887 Year first constructed 1887 | |
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Tower shape octagonal prism tower with balcony and lantern attached to a 2-storey keeper’s house Markings / pattern unpainted tower, greenish lantern dome | ||
Stora Karlsö Lighthouse (Swedish: Stora Karlsö fyr), is a Swedish lighthouse on Stora Karlsö island off Gotland in the Baltic Sea. It was built in 1887 and resulted in the first permanent settlement on the island in modern times. A house for the lighthouse keeper was built in the 1930s. In 1974, the lighthouse became fully automated when a cable for electricity was laid to the island and the last permanent residents left the island.
In 2010, the lighthouse was decommissioned and replaced by a solar cell powered lamp on a mast next to the lighthouse.
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