Kapelludden Lighthouse

Kapelludden Lighthouse

Kapelludden lighthouse
Location	Kapelludden Öland Sweden
Coordinates	56°49′10″N 16°50′42″E / 56.819549°N 16.845077°E / 56.819549; 16.845077
Tower
Constructed	1872
Construction	cast iron tower
Automated	1967
Height	32 metres (105 ft)
Shape	square pyramidal skeletal tower with observation room, balcony, lantern and central cylinder
Markings	red tower, grey lantern dome
Power source	rapeseed oil, kerosene, electricity
Operator	Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket)[2]
Heritage	governmental listed building complex, governmental listed building
Light
Focal height	29.7 metres (97 ft)
Lens	second order Fresnel lens (–1967), third order Fresnel lens (1967–)
Range	12.5 nautical miles (23.2 km; 14.4 mi)[1]
Characteristic	LFI W 10s.
Sweden no.	SV-5498

Kapelludden Lighthouse, at Kapelludden on the east coast of the Swedish island of Öland, was built and lit in 1871. It is located in a wetland near the ruin of a 13th-century chapel, in Bredsättra socken, Borgholm Municipality.

The lighthouse is 32 meters high and was built by A.T. Gellerstedt.

See also

• List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Sweden
• Långe Erik, the lighthouse at the north cape of Öland
• Långe Jan, the lighthouse at the south cape of Öland

References

External links

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• Sjofartsverket Archived 2016-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (in English)
• The Swedish Lighthouse Society

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