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Name: Torbjørnskjaer Light   Map it!

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Nearest Town or City:
Utgard, , Norway

Location: On small island about 5 miles SW of Utgard, southeastern Norway.


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Managing Organization:
Coast Directorate

Website: http://www.fyr.no/fyra/torbjornskjar/torbjornskjar-e.html

Tower Height: 59

Height of Focal Plane: 85

Characteristic and Range: Fixed white light with brighter flash every 10 seconds; range 10 nautical miles.

Description of Tower: Square stone tower on 1 1/2-story dwelling, red lantern.

This light is operational

Other Buildings?
Assistant keeper's house, engine house, outhouse, boat shed.

Date Established: 1872

Date Present Tower Built: 1872

Date Automated: 1990

Optics: Third-order Fresnel lens.

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? No.

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