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

Location	Kaavi Torgu Parish Estonia
Coordinates	57.9822°N 22.195333°E / 57.9822; 22.195333
Tower
Constructed	1954
Construction	concrete tower
Height	15 metres (49 ft)
Shape	square trocated pyramidal tower with balcony and no lantern
Markings	brown tower with a white horizontal band
Power source	aerothermal solar panel, solar power
Light
Focal height	20 metres (66 ft)
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]
Estonia no.	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

External links

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

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