Stanislav Range Front Light or Small Adzhyhol Lighthouse is an active lighthouse and range light, located on a concrete pier on a tiny islet about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west northwest of Rybalce, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Kherson, Ukraine. Together with Adziogol lighthouse, located 6.49 kilometres (4.03 mi) 109° from it, it serves guiding ships entering the Dnieper River.
![]() Stanislav Range Front Light, 2008 | |
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Location | Kherson Oblast, Ukraine |
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Coordinates | 46°30′42.74″N 32°9′3.8″E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1911 |
Construction | steel tower |
Height | 85 feet (26 m) |
Shape | circular hyperboloid tower with central cylinder, double balcony, observation room and lantern |
Markings | red tower |
Operator | Gosgidrografiya[1] |
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Focal height | 79 feet (24 m) |
Range | 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) |
Characteristic | F R on request, visible only on range line |
Ukraine no. | UA-1000 |
The lighthouse is a vertical lattice hyperboloid structure of steel bars, designed in 1910 by Vladimir Shukhov. A watch room is enclosed by the structure, and a one-storey lighthouse keeper's house adjoins the lighthouse.
The site of the tower is accessible only by boat. The site is open to the public but the tower is closed.
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