Kaavi Lighthouse

Kaavi Lighthouse (Estonian: Kaavi Tuletorn) is a lighthouse located in Sõrve Peninsula, in the village of Kaavi, Torgu Parish, in the island of Saaremaa, in Estonia.

Kaavi Lighthouse
Kaavi tuletorn

Kaavi Lighthouse Kaavi tuletorn Estonia
Location	Kaavi Torgu Parish Estonia
Coordinates	57.9822°N 22.195333°E
Year first constructed	1954
Construction	concrete tower
Tower shape	square trocated pyramidal tower with balcony and no lantern
Markings / pattern	brown tower with a white horizontal band
Tower height	15 metres (49 ft)
Focal height	20 metres (66 ft)
Light source	solar power
Range	9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) since 1966
Characteristic	Fl W 2.5 s.[1]
Admiralty number	C3705.3
NGA number	12668
ARLHS number	EST-023
Estonia number	EVA 943[2]

The lighthouse is a concrete square tower, with a gallery but no lantern, mounted on a concrete square block. The lighthouse is painted brown with a broad white horizontal band in the centre of the structure.[3] The lighthouse's location is on the southeast side of the Sõrve Peninsula, which is about four kilometres east of Mäebe.[4]

See also

• List of lighthouses in Estonia

References

1. Kaavi Lighthouse Archived 22 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine Estonian Lighthouse Society
2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southwestern Estonia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
3. "Photograph Of The Lighthouse". Panoramio. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
4. "Lighthouses Of Estonia". UNC. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

External links

• "Navigatsioonimärgi 943, Kaavi tuletorn andmed". Navigatsioonimärkide andmekogu (in Estonian). 15 August 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2019.