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Abruka tuletorn

Saaremaa

The Abruka rear lighthouse is located on the east coast of the island. The initial structure, built in 1897, was 28m high and had the form of a trellised wooden candelabrum. The beacon was built higher somewhere around World War I, which made the 36m lighthouse presumably the tallest wooden building of its time in Estonia....

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Anse küla sihi ülemine tuletorn

Saaremaa

The lighthouse is located on the island of Saaremaa, on Sõrve peninsula, to the North from Anseküla. The lighthouse of Anseküla is at distance of 3128 m from Est 931 Lõu lighthouse, the direction 103,1° that is on the coast of the Baltic Sea between Sõrve peninsula to the west along the coast of a bay of Lõu. Concrete...

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Hiiesaare alumine tuletorn

Hiiumaa

The lighthouse is located on the northeast coast of the island of Hiiumaa. Helps to be guided with northern part of Vainamere in the direction 229,6 °. Paluküla church spike (Est 626) helps to move from the center of Püssirahu to Suursadam's (Djuphamn; Tiefenhafen) raid. On an island nose (59 ° 00,13’ N, 22° 51,42’ E) in 1876...

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Juminda tuletorn

Harjumaa

The lighthouse is located on the northern coast, near the Gulf of Finland, on Jumenda peninsula. The first lamps from acetylene were established on the Juminda cape in 1931. On the height 10 m over the sea the lantern was located, and its had speed of blinking by 150 flashes in a minute, 8 kilometers were visible 79 ° sectors...

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Keri tuletorn

Harjumaa

In 1718 Tsar Peter the Great ordered 30–50 feet high stone pillars to be built on the islands of Keri (Kokskär) and Vaindloo (Stenskär). The construction of the stone body of Keri lighthouse started in 1800. The octagonal lantern room of the lighthouse accommodated the first catoptric apparatus with copper reflectors and oil...

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Kihnu Tuletorn

Pärnumaa

Kihnu lighthouse situates on the most southern tip of Pitkänä nose. Lighthouse was brought here in 1864 from England dismounted in pieces and was mounted back on the place. It is one of the four cast iron towers that are extant on our shores. Tower is white, conical shaped and equipped with lamp locker and balcony. The height...

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Kiipsaare tuletorn

Saaremaa

The Kiipsaare “retired” lighthouse is located on the NW Coast of Saaremaa Island on the Harilaid peninsula. The first pyramid shaped beacon was built on northern side of the same peninsula during World War I. A new reinforced concrete lighthouse was erected in 1933, built by the construction company Maximilian Arronet & Otto...

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Kõpu Lighthouse

Hiiumaa

Kõpu lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in the Baltic countries and, undoubtedly, the most famous tourist attraction on Hiiumaa. It is believed to be the third oldest continually operating lighthouse in the world. The lighthouse was built at the request of the Hanseatic Merchants League in the 15th century, in order to...

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Laidunina Tuletorn

Saaremaa

The construction of the Tahkuna lighthouse started in 1873. The unusual chequered appearance comes from the cast-iron plate construction of the lighthouse, designed by a British engineer Alexander Gordon. The prefabri- cated parts of the lighthouse were manufactured in France and assembled on site at Tahkuna. Completed in...

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Letipea Tuletorn

Lääne-Virumaa

From 1993 to 1995 the light was not worked. In 1995 the automated system which worked at solar and wind energy was installed, it worked at a lamp EMN-500. The characters of light were not changed. In 2007 the device of light circular sector of a LED lamp E 8274 was updated. Color light sectors were cleaned. On the cape...

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Loode tuletorn

Saaremaa

Lighthouse Loode is located on island Saaremaa, on the southwest coast of the peninsula Sõrve and helps to be guided. In 1953 construction of 15 meter lighthouse was complete, below it was painted in white, from above in red. The lamp of lighthouse is located on the height 19 m over the sea, visibility 6 miles, light...

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Marilaiu ülemine tuletorn

Läänemaa

The lighthouse is located in 4 km to the southwest from the island Vormsi. In 1885 on east coast was constructed lighthouse in height of 4 m (58 ° 58,2 'N, 23 ° 05,2' E) which worked at oil lamps, later on the petrol. White and red light which were variable (40 times a minute) was visible in sector to the southeast from 23...

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Mehikoorma Lighthouse

Tartumaa

The lighthouse Mehikoorma is located in the southern part of the lake Pepsiyarv, settling down on the western coast of the lake to Lyammiyarva. In 1906 it was mentioned in need to differentiate coastal lowlands in Mekhikorm by sector of fire. Since The First World War there are some data on finding of the main lighthouse...

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