Gdańsk Port Północny Lighthouse

Lighthouse in Poland

Lighthouse

54°24′00.5″N 18°41′46.4″E / 54.400139°N 18.696222°E / 54.400139; 18.696222TowerConstructed1984Foundationreinforced concreteHeight61 metres (200 ft)Shapesquare tower with 3-story control and observation room on the topMarkingsblue tower, white control and observation roomPower sourcemains electricity

LightFocal height56 metres (184 ft)Range25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi)CharacteristicFl (3) W 9s.

Gdańsk Port Północny Lighthouse (Gdańsk North Port Lighthouse) is a lighthouse in Gdańsk, located on the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea, by the Bay of Gdańsk.^[1] It is the youngest lighthouse in Poland; located between the lighthouse in Hel, and the lighthouse in Krynica Morska.^[2]

The lighthouse houses the admiralty of the Port of Gdańsk and is not open for the public.^[3] The lighthouse is the only lighthouse in Poland to have a lift to get to the top command deck. The lighthouse was built in 1984.^[4]

Technical data

Light characteristic
- Light: 0.5 s.
- Darkness: 1.5 s.
- Light: 0.5 s.
- Darkness: 1.5 s.
- Light: 0.5 s.
- Darkness: 4.5 s.
- Period: 9 s.

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Poland: Baltic Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ "Latarnia Morska w Gdańsku – Port Północny". Latarnie. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
^ "Latarnia morska w Gdańsku – Port Północny". Polskie Pomorze. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
^ "Gdańsk Port Północny". Latarnie Morskie. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.