Sommers Light
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"Sommers" redirects here. For the surname, see Sommers (surname).
"Someri" redirects here. For the uninhabited island in Estonia, see Sõmeri.
Sommers (Russian: Соммерс; Finnish: Someri; Swedish: Sommarö) is an islet and a lighthouse in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea, just outside the Gulf of Vyborg, about 19 kilometres south of Virolahti, Finland, but it is now possessed by Russia.[1] The lighthouse is situated on a rocky skerry, which is elevated a maximum of 16 metres above the Baltic Sea.
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Location | Ostrov Mayak (a skerry outside the Gulf of Vyborg), Russia |
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Coordinates | 60.2071°N 27.6415°E / 60.2071; 27.6415 |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1808 (first) 1866 (second) |
Foundation | concrete |
Construction | steel skeletal tower |
Height | 37 metres (121 ft) |
Shape | square pyramidal tower with balcony and light |
Markings | red tower, the upper two thirds form a slatted daymark painted red with white bands |
Light | |
First lit | 1945 (current) |
Focal height | 53 metres (174 ft) |
Characteristic | Fl (2) W 10s. |
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