Fyrar

Sõrve Tuletorn

Saaremaa

Suurupi Tuletornid

Harjumaa

The front beacon of the Suurupi leading lights is located on the N coast of Suurupi peninsula. The first 11m high pyramid shaped beacon was erected in 1859, which received a category IV dioptrical device a year later. The wooden construction needed repairs already in 1885 and the lighthouse was also built a storey higher....

Sääretuka tuletorn

Saaremaa

The lighthouse is located on the Saaremaa island, Kuresaare peninsula and helps vessels to pass between islands. In 1954 the concrete lighthouse in height 15 m and 17 m over the sea was established, visibility 9 miles, the light characteristic: Fl W 1,5 s; 0,5 + 1 = 1,5 s. In 1966 the lighthouse visibility was 8 miles. In...

Tahkuna Lighthouse

Hiiumaa

The Tahkuna lighthouse has been continuously serving as a navigational beacon here for over 100 years. It was built in Paris in 1874 and stands over 40 meters tall. Tahkuna lighthouse was brought to Hiiumaa by freighter along with its sister lighthouse that now stands on the western tip of Hiiumaa. It is believed that the...

Tallinna alumine tuletorn

Tallinn, Harjumaa

The decision to build the front lighthouse (originally Katharinenthal, also known as North, Lower or White lighthouse) near the Tallinn (Reval) Naval Barracks was taken by the Russian Admiralty in 1805. The initial stone light- house was completed in 1806 and plastered white. Although the house itself was only a two storey...

Tallinna sihi ülemine tuletorn

Tallinn, Harjumaa

Tallinnamadala tuletorn

The lighthouse of the Shoal of Tallinn (the lighthouse Revelstein, Revalstein)is located in the Gulf of Finland, in 7,5 miles to North from the Aegna island, in the shoal, which is named as the lighthouse, and warns ships about dangerous shoals in the Gulf of Finland and in the Giulf of Tallinn. The shoal which is located on...

Vaindloo Tuletorn

Lääne-Virumaa

The Estonian northernmost island Vaindloo used to have a wooden beacon built in 1718 under the orders of czar Peter the Great. The current cast-iron lighthouse, manufactured in England, is the very first lighthouse in Estonia constructed in the Gordon system. Initially it was erected on Vormsi Island, but soon proved to be...

Viirelaiu tuletorn

Viirelaid is a small island in the Baltic Sea belonging to the country of Estonia. Viirelaid lies southeast of the island of Muhu. Together with Muhu and neighbouring small islands of Kesselaid, Võilaid and Suurlaid it forms Muhu Parish (Estonian: Muhu vald), the rural municipality within Saare County, Estonia. Its...

Vilsandi Tuletorn

Saaremaa

Vilsandi fyrtorn byggdes 1809. Det viktiga fyret renoverades vid flera tillfällen. Den sista renoveringen ägde rum 1957 och som sådan har tornet bevarats fram till i dag. En av de mest intressanta perioderna i historian av Vilsandi fyrtorn är perioden 1910-1941 då det leddes av herr Artur Toom. Han grundade nämligen Vaika...

Virtsu tuletorn

Läänemaa

The lighthouse is located along the passage Suure, helps with orientation and safe passing of vessels. Need in creation of a lighthouse of Virtsu is caused under the act of 1856. In 1863 in England the pig-iron lighthouse and the diopter device of constant fire was ordered. The same year construction of a lighthouse and...

Vormsi tuletorn

The first 17m high prefabricated cast-iron lighthouse was erected on the Saxby cape on Vormsi Island in 1864, but it was soon discovered that the tower was not visible enough due to constant fogs. To solve the problem, a copy, which was 7m higher, was ordered from factory in Liepaja, Latvia in 1871. The old lighthouse and its...