Stabben Lighthouse | |
Location: | Kinn Vestland Norway |
Coordinates: | 61.6008°N 4.9553°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1867 |
Automated: | 1975 |
Construction: | masonry |
Shape: | square tower on roof of keeper's house |
Marking: | white tower, red balcony and lantern |
Lens: | 4th order Fresnel lens |
Intensity: | 5,000 candela |
Range: | 6.6nmi |
Characteristic: | Oc (3) WRG 10s. |
Managingagent: | Sogn og Fjordane Fylkeskommune |
Stabben Lighthouse (no|Stabben fyr) is a coastal lighthouse located in Kinn municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The lighthouse sit on top of a tiny, 300m2, rocky island in the fjord, about northwest of the town of Florø.
It was established in 1867, renovated and upgraded in 1905, and automated in 1975. It was listed as a protected site in 1999.[1] [2]
The 16m (52feet) tall square masonry tower rises from the seaward end of a -story masonry lighthouse keeper's house. The 4th order Fresnel lens (installed in 1905) remains in use. At the top of the tower, there is a white, red, or green light (depending on direction) that is occulting three times every 10 seconds.[3] [4]