Užava Lighthouse
Užava Lighthouse - a lighthouse located on the Latvian coast of the Baltic Sea. The lighthouse stands in an isolated location, on a 28 metres high sand dune, which is permanently threatened by the Baltic Sea waves' erosion.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Laima Gūtmane (simka), CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Latvia
- Also known as: “Backofen Lighthouse”, “Uzava Lighthouse”, “Užava lighthouse”, and “Užavas bāka”
- Address: Užavas pagasts, Ventspils novads, LV-3627
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Užava
Village
Užava is a village in Ventspils Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia. It is the center of Užava Parish. Village is located on the bank of the Užava river by the highway P111 23 km from the municipal center Ventspils and 210 km from Riga. Užava is situated 3½ km northeast of Užava Lighthouse.
Užava Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Užavas pagasts, Ventspils Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
57.20909° or 57° 12′ 33″ northLongitude
21.41478° or 21° 24′ 53″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
9G936C57+JWOpenStreetMap ID
way 177816445OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
9782034Wikidata ID
Q16354987
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Polish—“Užava Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Maják Užava”
- Czech: “Užava”
- French: “phare d’Užava”
- French: “Phare d’Užava”
- German: “Backofen”
- German: “Leuchtturm Hasau”
- German: “Leuchtturm Užava”
- Latvian: “Užavas bāka”
- Latvian: “Užavas bākas tornis un mašīnmāja”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska Užava”
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