Stora Karlsö Lighthouse

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]

Stora Karlsö Lighthouse
Stora Karlsö Lighthouse
LocationStora Karlsö, Gotland Municipality, Sweden
Coordinates57.289710°N 17.958780°E / 57.289710; 17.958780
Year first constructed1887
Automated1974 
Constructionstone tower
Tower shapeoctagonal tower with balcony and lantern attached to a 2-storey keeper’s house
Markings / patternunpainted tower, greenish lantern dome
Tower height18 metres (59 ft)
Focal height56 metres (184 ft)
Current lens4th order Fresnel lens
Intensity1,000 watt
Rangewhite: 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi)
red: 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi)
CharacteristicLFl(2) WR 12s
Admiralty numberC7224
NGA number9772
ARLHS numberSWE-371
Sweden numberSV-4250
Managing agentStora Karlsö[1][2]
Heritageindividual listed building complex 

In 2010, the lighthouse was decommissioned and replaced by a solar cell powered lamp on a mast next to the lighthouse.[4]

References
  1. Stora Karlsö The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved April 7, 2016
  2. Leuchtturm Stora Karlsö www.schwedische-leuchtfeuer.de
  3. "Karlsös historia". www.storakarlso.se. Stora Karlsö. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. "Nu släcks fyren på Stora Karlsö". www.sverigesradio.se. Sveriges Radio. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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