Sopot Lighthouse

Lighthouse in Poland

Lighthouse

Sopot Lighthouse
Latarnia Morska Sopot

Location| Sopot
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Poland
Coordinates| 54°26′43.1″N 18°34′13.4″E﻿ / ﻿54.445306°N 18.570389°E﻿ / 54.445306; 18.570389
Tower
Constructed| 1904 (tower)
Construction| masonry tower
Height| 33 metres (108 ft)
Shape| square tower with pyramidal roof
Markings| unpainted tower
Power source| mains electricity
Light
First lit| 1957 (lantern)
Focal height| 25 metres (82 ft)
Range| 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8 mi)
Characteristic| Fl W 4s.

The Sopot Lighthouse is a navigation facility on the Polish Baltic coast, located in Sopot.[1] It was built in 1903–04 as a part of the Balneological Institute. The extent of its focal length of the light has since been reduced to 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8 mi),[2] which, according to existing criteria, no longer formally makes it a lighthouse, although it is still called so. It is open to visitors.[3]

## See also

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* Poland portal
* Engineering portal

* List of lighthouses in Poland

## References

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1. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Poland: Baltic Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
2. ^ List of Lights, Pub. 116: Baltic Sea with Kattegat, Belts and Sound and Gulf of Bothnia (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. p. 95.
3. ^ Polskie Latarnie Archived 13 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)

## External links

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* The Lighthouses of Poland[permanent dead link]
* Urząd Morski w Słupsku Archived 17 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in Polish)
* Latarnia morska (Sopot) na portalu polska-org.pl (in Polish)

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