Kolka lighthouse
Kolka Parish, Latvia
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
Kolka Lighthouse stands in Kolka Parish, Latvia, on a specially created artificial island in the Irbe Strait, about 5.2 kilometres off the Latvian coast. Built in 1875 and 21 metres tall, it guides ships around the hazardous Cape Kolka at the eastern entrance to the strait from the Gulf of Riga. It is protected as a national industrial monument.
- Built
- Type
- lighthouse
- Heritage
- National industrial monument
- Height
- 21 m
- Place
- Kolka Parish, Latvia
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