General Information
| Name in local language: | Воронцовський маяк |
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| Completion: | 1955 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Lighthouse |
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Location
| Location: |
Odessa, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine |
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| Coordinates: | 46° 29' 47" N 30° 45' 36" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 27.1 m |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Vorontsov Lighthouse (Ukrainian: Воронцовський маяк, Russian: Воронцовский маяк) is a red-and-white, 27.2 metre tall lighthouse in the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine. It is named after Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, one of the governors-general of the Odessa region.
Construction
The lighthouse was built with iron tubing and lead gaskets. It has a one-million-watt signal light that can be seen up to twelve nautical miles (22 km) away. It transmits the Morse Code signal of three dashes, the letter O, for Odessa. It also sounds a foghorn during severe storms or fog.
The lighthouse is connected with the port's shoreline by a long stone causeway and jetty, which protect the port from the southern high seas. The port is protected on the east by huge concrete breakwaters built on rocks, that rise above the water.
History
The current lighthouse is the third to stand on the same spot. The first was built in 1862 and was made of wood.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Vorontsov Lighthouse" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20033864 - Published on:
31/12/2007 - Last updated on:
03/03/2022
