Rivinletto Light

Rivinletto lighthouse
Rivinletto

Location	Haukipudas, Oulu, Finland
Coordinates	65°12.11′N 25°14.91′E
Tower
Constructed	1939
Construction	concrete tower
Height	8 metres (26 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and octagonal steel lantern
Markings	white lower tower, black upper tower, black balcony, white lantern
Light
First lit	1939
Focal height	8 metres (26 ft)
Range	3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 6s.

Rivinletto Light is a sector light tower located on Kaasamatala, a small island at the mouth of river Kiiminkijoki in Haukipudas, Oulu, Finland.[1] The tower is concrete, with its top half painted black and bottom half painted white. The steel lantern room is painted white. The tower is located on the south side of the main channel of Kiiminkijoki river.

The light is used to guide vessels into the Kiiminkijoki river boating channel and into the Martinniemi harbour. It displays a white flash every three seconds, visible in a sector 016°—248° as seen from a vessel approaching the light. The focal plane of the light is 7.6 metres (24 ft 11 in), and it can be seen from a distance of 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi).[2]

References

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northern Finland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
2. List of Lights of Finland 2005. Merenkulkulaitos (Finnish Maritime Administration).

65°12.11′N 25°14.91′E