Vinga Lighthouse
Vinga Lighthouse, is a Swedish lighthouse on Vinga island. The present-day lighthouse was built in 1890, although Vinga has been a significant island for mariners long before that.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in archipelago of Gothenburg, west coast, Sweden
- Also known as: “Vinga”, “Vinga fyr”, “Vinga light station”, and “Vinga lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vinga and Vinga.
Vinga
Lighthouse
Photo: Kemitsv, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vinga is a small island 10 nautical miles outside Gothenburg's harbour entrance in Sweden. The 19th century Vinga Lighthouse is noted, not only as a beacon in the waterway of the Swedish west coast, but also as the place where the Swedish poet laureate Evert Taube grew up.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grötö and Öckerö.
Grötö
Hamlet
Photo: VORDME, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grötö is a hamlet, which is situated 8 km northeast of Vinga Lighthouse.
Öckerö
Town
Photo: Historiker, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Öckerö is an island and a locality and the seat of Öckerö Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 3,488 inhabitants in 2010. Öckerö is situated 9 km north of Vinga Lighthouse.
Vinga Lighthouse
- Categories: approach lighthouse, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Styrsö socken, Styrsö, Gothenburg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Vinga Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vinga”
- Dutch: “Vinga”
- Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Vinga”
- French: “phare de Vinga”
- French: “Phare de Vinga”
- German: “Leuchtturm Vinga”
- Macedonian: “Светилник Винга”
- Macedonian: “Светилникот Винга”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vinga”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vinga”
- Portuguese: “farol de Vinga”
- Portuguese: “Farol de Vinga”
- Portuguese: “Vinga”
- Russian: “Маяк Винга”
- Spanish: “Vinga”
- Swedish: “Vinga fyr”
- Swedish: “Vinga”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vinga Lighthouse”. Photo: Kemitsv, CC BY-SA 3.0.