Storozhenskiy Light
Storozhno
Storozhenskiy Light in 2008
LocationLake Ladoga
Leningrad Oblast
Russia
Coordinates60°31′53.11″N 32°37′33.58″E / 60.5314194°N 32.6259944°E / 60.5314194; 32.6259944
Tower
Constructed1907[1]
Constructionstone tower
Height71 metres (233 ft)
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markingstower with red and white horizontal bands, red lantern dome
Light
Focal height76 metres (249 ft)
LensFresnel lens
CharacteristicFl WRG

Storozhenskiy Light (Russian: Стороженский маяк), also known as Storozhno Light, is an active lighthouse in Lake Ladoga, in the Leningrad Oblast, Russia.[2] It is located on a headland on the eastern side of the lake, separating the Svir Bay of the lake from the Volkhov Bay, at the village of Storozhno.

At a height of 233 feet (71 m) it is the seventh-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world,[3] and the fourth-tallest stone lighthouse.[4] It is a twin of the slightly shorter Osinovetsky Light.

The site is accessible and the tower is open by arrangement with the keeper.

See also

References

  1. 1911 according to "Storozhenskiy Light - Lighthouse Explorer Database - Lighthouses at Lighthouse Depot". lighthousedepot.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2010. and according to "The Tallest Lighthouses".
  2. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Russia: Lake Ladoga". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  3. Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  4. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Russia: Lake Ladoga". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


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