Anseküla Lighthouse

Anseküla Lighthouse (Estonian: Anseküla tuletorn) is a lighthouse located in Anseküla, on the eastern side of the Sõrve Peninsula, on the island of Saaremaa, in Estonia. The original light was on a church, which was destroyed during World War II in 1944.^[3] The current lighthouse was built in 1953. It is a concrete square tower, with a gallery but no lantern. The lighthouse's glare configuration flashes a white glare every 1.5 seconds.^[4]

Anseküla Lighthouse
Anseküla tuletorn

Location	Anseküla, Saare County Estonia
Coordinates	58.098283°N 22.231417°E / 58.098283; 22.231417
Tower
Constructed	1921
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	concrete tower
Height	31 metres (102 ft)
Shape	square pyramidal trocated with balcony and no lantern
Markings	white lower tower, black top tower
Light
First lit	1953
Focal height	44.1 metres (145 ft)
Range	7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 1.5s.[1]
Estonia no.	EVA 932[2]

See also

• Estonia portal
• Engineering portal

• List of lighthouses in Estonia

References

1. Anseküla Lighthouse Archived 22 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Estonian Lighthouses Society
2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
3. "Gallery". Unustatudvana. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
4. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

External links

• "Navigatsioonimärgi 932, Anseküla tuletorn andmed". Navigatsioonimärkide andmekogu (in Estonian). 7 January 2019. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.