Fladholmen Lighthouse or Flatholmen Lighthouse ( no, Fladholmen/Flatholmen fyr) is a
coastal lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Lighthouses mark ...
in
Sola
Sola is a municipality and a Seaside resort in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Solakrossen. Other villages include Tananger, Hålan ...
municipality in
Rogaland
Rogaland () is a county in Western Norway, bordering the North Sea to the west and the counties of Vestland to the north, Vestfold og Telemark to the east and Agder to the east and southeast. In 2020, it had a population of 479,892. The admin ...
county,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. The lighthouse is located on a small, flat islet located just west of the village of
Tananger. The lighthouse was established in 1862, rebuilt in 1952, and replaced with an electric lamp in 1984.
The tall, concrete lighthouse is white with a red top. The light sits at an elevation of above sea level. The
occulting light
A light characteristic is all of the properties that make a particular navigational light identifiable. Graphical and textual descriptions of navigational light sequences and colours are displayed on nautical charts and in Light Lists with the ch ...
is on for 3 seconds, then off for 3 seconds. The light is white, red or green depending on the direction. The 35,100-
candela
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light can be seen for up to . The station includes at least two -story keeper's houses and several other buildings.
See also
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List of lighthouses in Norway
The following is a sortable, but partial list of active and some decommissioned Lighthouses in Norway, lighthouses along the Norwegian coastline.
The sequence number follows the convention of listing lighthouses from the coastal border in the sou ...
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Lighthouses in Norway
The coast of Norway is 100,915 km long and there have been a total of 212 lighthouses along it, but no more than 154 have ever been operational at the same time. The first, Lindesnes Lighthouse, opened in 1655; the newest Lighthouse, Anda ...
References
External links
Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening
Picture of Flatholmen Lighthouse
Lighthouses completed in 1862
Lighthouses in Rogaland
1862 establishments in Norway
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