Adziogol Lighthouse
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This article is about Stanislav Range Rear Light. For a neighboring hyperbolic structure, see Stanislav Range Front Light.
The Adziogol Lighthouse[3] (Ukrainian: Аджигольський маяк), also known as Stanislav–Adzhyhol Lighthouse or Stanislav Range Rear light, is one of two vertical lattice hyperboloid structures of steel bars, serving as active lighthouses in Dnieper Estuary, Ukraine. It is located about 30 km (19 mi) west of the city of Kherson. At a height of 211 feet (64 m), it is the sixteenth-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world[4] as well as the tallest in Ukraine.
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Location | Kherson Oblast Ukraine |
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Coordinates | 46°29′32.54″N 32°13′57.35″E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1911 |
Foundation | concrete base |
Construction | skeletal steel |
Height | 211 feet (64 m)[1] |
Shape | circular hyperboloid tower with central cylinder, double balcony and lantern |
Markings | red tower |
Operator | Derzhhydrohrafiya |
Light | |
Focal height | 221 feet (67 m)[2] |
Range | 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) |
Characteristic | F W on request, visible only on range line |
Ukraine no. | UA-1001 |
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