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The Bjargtangar Lighthouse ( , regionally also ) is a
lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...
located on the cliffs of
Látrabjarg Látrabjarg () is a promontory in the Westfjords of Iceland, and the westernmost point in Iceland. The cliffs are home to millions of birds, including puffins, northern gannets, guillemots and razorbill The razorbill (''Alca torda'') is a No ...
in northwestern
Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
. It marks the westernmost point of Iceland and is the westernmost building of Europe.


History and description

The
Bjargtangar Bjargtangar (, regionally also ) is the westernmost point of Iceland and is considered the westernmost point of Europe outside the mid-Atlantic archipelago of Azores (which are not classified as remote islands). It is the westernmost point in t ...
Light Station was established in 1913. The present tower was built in 1948. It is two stories high, built of concrete, and painted entirely white. The lantern house is on the second floor and faces the sea. Because the lighthouse is on a high cliff, the light's
focal plane In Gaussian optics, the cardinal points consist of three pairs of points located on the optical axis of a rotationally symmetric, focal, optical system. These are the '' focal points'', the principal points, and the nodal points; there are two ...
is above the sea. The site (but not the tower) is open to visitors, although access is difficult.


See also

* List of lighthouses in Iceland


Notes

Lighthouses completed in 1913 Lighthouses completed in 1948 Lighthouses in Iceland Buildings and structures in Westfjords 1913 establishments in Iceland {{Europe-lighthouse-stub