Kihnu lighthouse

Kihnu Rural Municipality, Estonia

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Kihnu Lighthouse, situated on Kihnu island in the northern Gulf of Riga off Estonia's Pärnu County coast, is a 28-meter cast-iron tower erected in 1865. Prefabricated in England and assembled on-site, the lighthouse features a tapered iron structure painted white with a distinctive red lantern dome. It is equipped with a Fresnel lens and employs a characteristic flash pattern of two 1.5-second glares every 12 seconds to guide maritime traffic through the gulf.

Built: 1865
Type: lighthouse
Height: 28 m
Place: Kihnu Rural Municipality, Estonia