Suomen leijona (), ''The Lion of Finland'', is a marker light and radio beacon in the Northern

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operated by the Finnish Maritime Administration, located approximately Southwest of the island of

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, six kilometers outside the Finnish

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but inside the country's

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Suomen leijona lighthouse

The original Suomen leijona (), ''The Lion of Finland'', was a caisson lighthouse; a steel tower resting on a concrete caisson, equipped with a helicopter platform and powered by a

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. The lighthouse had a futuristic design with a helipad on the top of a downward tapering tower, which made great demands on the foundation and the bottom of the tower. In 1992 it was discovered that the foundation had been under-mined and that the lighthouse was threatening to collapse. The problem was remedied by filling with rubble, but the problem recurred in 2004. Deemed too dangerous to repair the lighthouse, it was demolished in 2005 and replaced by the much smaller, marker light / radio beacon.

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the lighthouse tower at Kotka, similar to the original light-house
{{Authority control , additional=Q62103847 Lighthouses completed in 1987 Towers completed in 1987 Lighthouses in Finland