Olhörn lighthouse
Wyk auf Föhr, Germany
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Olhörn Lighthouse, built in 1952 on the southeastern corner of the German North Sea island of Föhr in Schleswig-Holstein, is a modest beacon constructed of brick-clad masonry standing 8.6 metres tall. Erected to replace an earlier light beacon from 1892, the nearly square tower rises above a shallow ridge overlooking Wyk auf Föhr's southern beach, with its white metal lantern room positioned at a focal height of 10 metres above mean high water. The structure serves as a cross light marking the Norderaue tidal channel between the mainland port of Dagebüll and the islands of Föhr and Amrum, functioning both as an automated navigational aid and a daymark for passing vessels.
- Built
- Type
- lighthouse
- Materials
- masonry, brick
- Height
- 8.6 m
- Place
- Wyk auf Föhr, Germany
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