Voslapp Rear Range Light
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Location | Wilhelmshaven, Germany |
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Coordinates | 53°34′53.8″N 8°7′51.1″E / 53.581611°N 8.130861°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1962 |
Foundation | 26 posts, ø 50 centimetres (20 in), approx. 15.5 metres (51 ft) long |
Construction | concrete tower |
Height | 201 feet (61 m) |
Shape | cylindrical tower with three galleries |
Markings | tower painted with red and white horizontal bands |
Operator | WSA Wilhelmshaven[2] |
Light | |
Focal height | 198 feet (60 m)[1] |
Intensity | 1,590,000 cd |
Range | 27 nautical miles (50 km; 31 mi) |
Characteristic | white light, 3s on, 3s off, synchronized with Voslapp Front Range Light |
Voslapp Rear Range Light (German: Voslapp Oberfeuer) is an active lighthouse and range light in Voslapp, state of Lower Saxony, Germany. At a height of 201 feet (61 m) it is the twenty-second tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world.[3] It is located 4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi) south-southwest of Voslapp Front Range Light, behind the dike at the village of Voslapp, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Wilhelmshaven.
The tower is 4.5 metres (15 ft) in diameter. The lamp used is a 250 W lamp.
The Voslapp Range Lights replaced a single lighthouse which was built in 1907.
The site is open, but the tower is closed to the public.
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Voslapp Range Rear.
- ^ According to List of Lights. The Lighthouse Directory has 197 feet (60 m).
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Borkum to Wilhelmshaven". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- List of Lights, Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 160.
- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Borkum to Wilhelmshaven". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- "RFL Voslapp". wsa-wilhelmshaven.de (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2010.
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