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Location |
Lake Ladoga Leningrad Oblast Russia |
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Coordinates | 60°31′53.11″N 32°37′33.58″E / 60.5314194°N 32.6259944°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1907 [1] |
Construction | stone tower |
Height | 71 metres (233 ft) |
Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | tower with red and white horizontal bands, red lantern dome |
Light | |
Focal height | 76 metres (249 ft) |
Lens | Fresnel lens |
Characteristic | Fl WRG |
Storozhenskiy Light ( Russian: Стороженский маяк), also known as Storozhno Light, is an active lighthouse in Lake Ladoga, in the Leningrad Oblast, Russia. [2] It is located on a headland on the eastern side of the lake, separating the Svir Bay of the lake from the Volkhov Bay, at the village of Storozhno .
At a height of 233 feet (71 m) it is the seventh-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, [3] and the fourth-tallest stone lighthouse. [4] It is a twin of the slightly shorter Osinovetsky Light.[ citation needed]
The site is accessible and the tower is open by arrangement with the keeper.[ citation needed]
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Location |
Lake Ladoga Leningrad Oblast Russia |
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Coordinates | 60°31′53.11″N 32°37′33.58″E / 60.5314194°N 32.6259944°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1907 [1] |
Construction | stone tower |
Height | 71 metres (233 ft) |
Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | tower with red and white horizontal bands, red lantern dome |
Light | |
Focal height | 76 metres (249 ft) |
Lens | Fresnel lens |
Characteristic | Fl WRG |
Storozhenskiy Light ( Russian: Стороженский маяк), also known as Storozhno Light, is an active lighthouse in Lake Ladoga, in the Leningrad Oblast, Russia. [2] It is located on a headland on the eastern side of the lake, separating the Svir Bay of the lake from the Volkhov Bay, at the village of Storozhno .
At a height of 233 feet (71 m) it is the seventh-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, [3] and the fourth-tallest stone lighthouse. [4] It is a twin of the slightly shorter Osinovetsky Light.[ citation needed]
The site is accessible and the tower is open by arrangement with the keeper.[ citation needed]