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Stora Karlsö Lighthouse (Swedish: Stora Karlsö fyr), is a Swedish lighthouse on Stora Karlsö island off Gotland in the Baltic Sea. It was built in 1887 and resulted in the first permanent settlement on the island in modern times. A house for the lighthouse keeper was built in the 1930s. In 1974, the lighthouse became fully automated when a cable for electricity was laid to the island and the last permanent residents left the island.[3]

Stora Karlsö Lighthouse

Stora Karlsö Lighthouse
Location	Stora Karlsö, Region Gotland, Sweden
Coordinates	57.289710°N 17.958780°E / 57.289710; 17.958780
Tower
Constructed	1887
Construction	stone tower
Automated	1974
Height	18 metres (59 ft)
Shape	octagonal tower with balcony and lantern attached to a 2-storey keeper’s house
Markings	unpainted tower, greenish lantern dome
Power source	kerosene, electricity
Operator	Stora Karlsö[1][2]
Heritage	governmental listed building
Light
Focal height	56 metres (184 ft)
Lens	4th order Fresnel lens
Intensity	1,000 watt
Range	white: 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) red: 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi)
Characteristic	LFl(2) WR 12s
Sweden no.	SV-4250

In 2010, the lighthouse was decommissioned and replaced by a solar cell powered lamp on a mast next to the lighthouse.[4]^{[dubious – discuss]}

References

External links

• Stora Karlsö Lighthouse

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