Storozhenskiy Light

Storozhenskiy Light
*Storozhno*
	Storozhenskiy Light in 2008
Location	Lake Ladoga; Leningrad Oblast; Russia
Coordinates	60°31′53.11″N 32°37′33.58″E / 60.5314194°N 32.6259944°E
Tower
Constructed	1907
Construction	stone tower
Height	71 metres (233 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	tower with red and white horizontal bands, red lantern dome
Light
Focal height	76 metres (249 ft)
Lens	Fresnel lens
Characteristic	Fl 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 [ru].

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.^{[citation needed]}

The site is accessible and the tower is open by arrangement with the keeper.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ 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".
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Russia: Lake Ladoga". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Russia: Lake Ladoga". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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[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.

[tallest-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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