Stora Karlsö Lighthouse (Swedish: Stora Karlsö fyr), is a Swedish lighthouse on Stora Karlsö island off Gotland in the Baltic Sea. It was built in 1887 and resulted in the first permanent settlement on the island in modern times. A house for the lighthouse keeper was built in the 1930s. In 1974, the lighthouse became fully automated when a cable for electricity was laid to the island and the last permanent residents left the island.[3]
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Location | Stora Karlsö, Region Gotland, Sweden |
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Coordinates | 57°17′23″N 17°57′32″E / 57.289710°N 17.958780°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1887 |
Construction | stone tower |
Automated | 1974 ![]() |
Height | 18 metres (59 ft) |
Shape | octagonal tower with balcony and lantern attached to a 2-storey keeper’s house |
Markings | unpainted tower, greenish lantern dome |
Power source | kerosene, electricity ![]() |
Operator | Stora Karlsö[1][2] |
Heritage | governmental listed building ![]() |
Light | |
Focal height | 56 metres (184 ft) |
Lens | 4th order Fresnel lens |
Intensity | 1,000 watt |
Range | white: 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) red: 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) |
Characteristic | LFl(2) WR 12s |
Sweden no. | SV-4250 |
In 2010, the lighthouse was decommissioned and replaced by a solar cell powered lamp on a mast next to the lighthouse.[4][dubious – discuss]
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