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Name: Homborsund Light  

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Also known as: Homborsund fyr

Nearest Town or City:
Homborsund, , Norway

Location: On small island, southern point of Store Gronningen, south coast of Norway.


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Photo: Ronald Wöhrn

Managing Organization:
Coast Directorate

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

Tower Height: 66

Height of Focal Plane: 73

Characteristic and Range: Fwhite light with four brighter flashes every 60 seconds; range 14 nautical miles.

Description of Tower: Square white tower attached to white stone dwelling.

This light is operational

Date Established: 1879

Date Present Tower Built: 1879

Date Automated: 1992

Optics: 1879: Third order Fresnel lens.

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? Grounds only.


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