Flötjan Lighthouse

Flötjan lighthouse
Flötjan

Flötjan Lighthouse in 2009
Location	Offshore 18 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of Mariehamn
Coordinates	59°48′30.3″N 19°46′55.6″E
Tower
Constructed	1908 (first)
Foundation	rock and concrete base
Construction	concrete tower
Automated	1959
Height	22 metres (72 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with ouble balcony and lantern
Markings	red tower with a white horizontal band, white lantern
Power source	solar panel
Racon	T
Light
First lit	1953 (current)
Focal height	26 metres (85 ft)
Range	10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)[1]
Characteristic	Fl (2) W 20s.

Flötjan is a small rocky islet in Finland. It is located in the Åland Sea to the southwest of Lågskär. Depths near Flötjan measure approximately 180 metres (590 ft).[2]

Lighthouse

The original light was badly damaged during World War II. A concrete lighthouse tower was built in 1953 and automated in 1959.[3] The light range is 28 kilometres (17 mi). The Stockholm-Mariehamn-Tallinn ferry passes just to the west of the island.

See also

• List of lighthouses in Åland

References

1. List of Lights, Pub. 116: Baltic Sea with Kattegat, Belts and Sound and Gulf of Bothnia (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
2. Tiedeseura, Suomen (1907). Finlandische hydrographisch-biologische untersuchungen (in German) (Public domain ed.). Helsingin uusi kirjapaino-osakeyhtiö. pp. 4–.
3. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the Åland Islands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-04-04.

59.808417°N 19.782111°E / 59.808417; 19.782111