Ryvingen Lighthouse () is a

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located on the

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Låven Låven is a mountain in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The tall mountain is located in the Breheimen mountains and inside the Breheimen National Park, about southwest of the village of Bismo. The mountain is surrounded by sev ...

in the

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. It is the southernmost lighthouse in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. It is located in the municipality of

Lindesnes Lindesnes () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Manda ...

Agder Agder is a counties of Norway, county () and districts of Norway, traditional region in the southern part of Norway and is coextensive with the Southern Norway region. The county was established on 1 January 2020, when the old Vest-Agder and Au ...

county. The island lies about southeast of the town of

Mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative c ...

, marking the east side of the

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leading to Mandal. The west side of the fjord is marked by the Hatholmen Lighthouse. The lighthouse sits just south of the island of

Skjernøy Skjernøy is an island in Lindesnes municipality in Agder county, Norway. The island is the southernmost inhabited island in Norway. The island sits about southeast of the town of Mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () ...

and northwest of the

skerry A skerry ( ) is a small rocky island, or islet, usually too small for human habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low stack (geology), sea stack. A skerry may have vegetative life such as moss and small, ...

Pysen Pysen is a small skerry in Lindesnes municipality in Agder, Norway. To the south of the small island of Skjernøy, the rock is the southernmost point of Norway proper. See also *List of islands of Norway *Extreme points of Norway The ext ...

(the southernmost part of Norway). Ryvingen Lighthouse was first lit in 1867 and it was automated in 2002, and is listed as a protected historical site. In 2002, it was transferred to the town of

which has restored the buildings and made them available for overnight accommodations. The cylindrical

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lighthouse is tall. It is painted red with a white, horizontal stripe encircling it. The light sits at an elevation of above

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. The 996,500-

candela The candela (symbol: cd) is the unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI). It measures luminous power per unit solid angle emitted by a light source in a particular direction. Luminous intensity is analogous to radi ...

light emits four white flashes every 40 seconds. The lighthouse also emits a

racon Radar beacon (short: racon) is – according to ''article 1.103'' of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR) – defined as "A transmitter-receiver associated with a fixed navigational mark which, when trig ...

signal in the form of the

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letter M (− − ). The lighthouse is attached to a -story crew quarters building which is now available for overnight rentals. The island is only accessible by boat.

Media gallery

Fishing Ryvingen.jpg, View of the lighthouse from the sea Ryvingen fyr.jpg, Aerial view of the lighthouse Ryvingen fyr 01.jpg, Close up view of the lighthouse Ryvingen fyr kl 23-30, 21 juni 2012.jpg, Evening view of the lighthouse

References

External links

Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening
Lindesnes Lighthouses completed in 1867 Lighthouses in Agder Listed lighthouses in Norway {{Agder-geo-stub