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Suomen leijona (Swedish: Finlands lejon), The Lion of Finland, is a marker light and radio beacon in the Northern Baltic Sea operated by the Finnish Maritime Administration, located approximately 46 km (25 nmi; 29 mi) Southwest of the island of Utö, six kilometers outside the Finnish territorial waters but inside the country's exclusive economic zone.[1]

Finnish lion
Suomen Leijona

Coordinates	59°28′22″N 20°48′47″E
Tower
Constructed	1987
Construction	steel
Markings	white, black
Power source	solar cell panel
Light
Focal height	22.7 m (74 ft)
Range	16.2 nmi (30.0 km; 18.6 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 12s
Modern light
Constructed	2005
Foundation	concrete
Construction	steel, fitted with a light, radar reflector and radio beacon powered by a wind generator
Height	13 m (43 ft)[1]
Shape	columnar
Markings	white tower, orange band[1]
Racon	D
Focal height	13.3 m (44 ft)
Range	9 nmi (17 km; 10 mi) light, 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi) RACON[1]
Characteristic	Fl(2) W 12s

Suomen leijona lighthouse

The original Suomen leijona (Swedish: Finlands lejon), The Lion of Finland, was a caisson lighthouse; a steel tower resting on a concrete caisson, equipped with a helicopter platform and powered by a wind generator. The lighthouse had a futuristic design with a helipad on the top of a downward tapering tower, which made great demands on the foundation and the bottom of the tower. In 1992 it was discovered that the foundation had been under-mined and that the lighthouse was threatening to collapse. The problem was remedied by filling with rubble, but the problem recurred in 2004. Deemed too dangerous to repair the lighthouse, it was demolished in 2005 and replaced by the much smaller, marker light / radio beacon.[2]

References

External links

• the lighthouse tower at Kotka, similar to the original light-house

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