List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Finland

This is a list of lighthouses and lightvessels in Finland.

Lighthouses

Name	Image	Water body	Location	Built	Notes
Bengtskär Lighthouse		Archipelago Sea	Bengtskär, 25 km southwest of the town of Hanko	1906	At 52 metres, this is the tallest light within all of the Nordic countries.
Buskskär Lighthouse			Buskskär,	Construction date unknown.	The status of this light is unknown. Presumably destroyed.
Gustavsvärn Lighthouse			Hanko	1949 (station established in 1865)
Harmaja		Gulf of Finland	Helsinki	original- 1883 tower raised- 1900
Helsinki Lighthouse		Gulf of Finland	24 kilometers south of Helsinki city center	1958
Holstanäs Lighthouse			Korpo, Pargas	Construction date is unknown
Hyöky		Gulf of Finland	Tervasaari, harbor of Hamina	1912	Commissioned by Russian Navy, captured by Finland in World War I, decommissioned as a lightship in 1959
Jussarö Lighthouse			Sundharun, Jussarö, Ekenäs	1922, 1953, 1962, 1963
Jänissaari Lighthouse			Jänissaari, just outside of Turku	Construction date is unknown
Kaitkivi Lighthouse
Kalholm Light			Kalholm, Kimitoön	Construction date is unknown
Kalkkiniemi Lighthouse			Located outside of Turku	Construction date is unknown
Kallo Lighthouse		Gulf of Bothnia	Pori (N 61° 35.670 E 021° 27.743)[1]	1884	More images at Commons
Keskiniemi Light		Gulf of Bothnia	northwestern promontory of Hailuoto island	1858
Koskela Light		Gulf of Bothnia	southern shore of Letonniemi promontory in Taskila district of the City of Oulu	1940	Due to the glacial rebound the tower is located 150 yards (140 m) away from the coastline, and is almost completely hidden by the shrub.
Kylmäpihlaja Lighthouse		Gulf of Bothnia	Kylmäpihlaja island near Rauma (61°8′40″N, 21°18′10″E)	1952	Hotel attached to lighthouse
Marjaniemi Lighthouse		Gulf of Bothnia	westernmost point of Hailuoto island	1871
Porkkala Lighthouse			Kallbådan, Porkkalanniemi, Kirkkonummi[2]	1928 (lightship station established in the year of 1858)[2]
Relandersgrund		Helsinki Harbour	Retired, docked in Helsinki, in use as a restaurant ship (2013)	1888
Rautakallio Light		Gulf of Bothnia	island of Rautakallio in the narrows between the mainland and the island of Hailuoto
Rivinletto Light		Gulf of Bothnia	Kaasamatala, a small island at the mouth of the river Kiiminkijoki in Haukipudas, Oulu	1939
Russarö Lighthouse			Båklandet, Hanko	1863 (station established in 1838)	This light is often referred to as the "Eye of Hanko".
Rönnskär Lighthouse		Gulf of Finland	59° 56' 7.8" N, 24° 23' 29.2" E[3]	1814
Säppi Lighthouse		Gulf of Bothnia	outside the city of Pori in the island of Säppi	1873
Söderskär Lighthouse		Gulf of Finland	Located on the island of Söderskär in Porvoo	1862
Suomen leijona		Baltic Sea	59°28.362′N 20°48.784′E	2005
Suomenlinna Church		Gulf of Finland	Suomenlinna, Helsinki (60.147866°N 24.986229°E)	1929	The central dome also serves as a lighthouse. The light blinks the letter "H" for Helsinki in Morse code.
Tankar Lighthouse		Gulf of Bothnia	Öja Island, Gulf of Bothnia, approximately 15 km north-west of Kokkola (Karleby) municipality.[4] (Lat 63° 56" 59' Lon. 22° 50" 48')	1889[4]
Utö Lighthouse		Archipelago Sea	on the island of Utö, in Väståboland municipality	Original 1753 Rebuilt 1814

See also

• Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lighthouses in Finland.

• Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

  Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the Åland Islands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

  Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern Finland: Hamina to Porvoo". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

  Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Western Finland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

  Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northern Finland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

  Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Finland: Lakes". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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