Amburan lighthouse

Amburan Lighthouse
Amburan mayakı

Location	Nardaran, Sabunçu raion, Azerbaijan
Coordinates	40°34′59″N 49°59′05″E
Tower
Constructed	1882
Construction	masonry (foundation), masonry (tower)
Height	12 m (39 ft)
Shape	round tower without windows
Markings	white (tower), red (roof)
Power source	mains electricity
Light
First lit	1884
Focal height	72 m (236 ft)
Characteristic	Oc(2) W 15s

Amburan lighthouse or Nardaran lighthouse (Azerbaijani: Amburan mayakı) - was built on the Kohne Bilgah cape on the Galagaya Upland in 1882. It is an operating lighthouse in the Caspian Sea (Azerbaijan).[1]

History

Azerbaijan's stamp (2013)

The Amburan lighthouse was built in 1882 on the Amburan spit on the Galagaya Upland. It represented a two-storey stone edifice, which was built with a residential purpose. At the side of the building facing the sea, an extension was raised in the form of a protruding porch-vestibule, rising to the level of the second floor with an almost round tower without windows.[2][3]

A lighting lantern was installed on the second floor of this tower in 1884. As in the case of the Shuvelan lighthouse, it is located in a round glazed room on the all sides, evoking a small glazed rotunda. The Amburan lighthouse differs from all the others by the colour of its light - it has a red glint, shining alternately white and red. Previously, the light was sectorial, that is, directed in a specific direction, but after the reconstruction in 1983 it became circular.[4]

See also

• Absheron lighthouse
• Boyuk Zira Lighthouse
• Monument to the "Guba" ship sailors

References

1. "Xəzərin yol göstərənləri" (in Azerbaijani). medeniyyet.az. September 29, 2010. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
2. Алиев Дж. И. "Маяки и башни Апшерона" (in Russian). cyberleninka.ru. Archived from the original on July 31, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
3. Oxana Bulanova (September 23, 2017). "Путешествие по маякам Абшерона" (in Russian). Эхо. Archived from the original on July 31, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
4. "Маяки Апшерона" (in Russian). window2baku.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2022.

Literature

• Амбуранский маяк. Описание маяков, башен и знаков Российской Империи по берегам Каспийского моря : исправленное по 1 января 1905 года. — Издание Главного Гидрографического Управления Морского Министерства. — С.-Петербург : Тип. Мор. Мин-ва, 1905. — 35 с.