Miķeļbāka
Miķeļbāka or Miķeļtornis is the tallest lighthouse in Latvia. It is located in the village of Miķeļtornis, Tārgale Parish, Ventspils Municipality; about 34 kilometres northeast of Ventspils.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Latvia
- Also known as: “Mikelbaka Lighthouse”, “Miķeļbāka Lighthouse”, and “Miķeļtornis”
- Historically known as: “Michael Lighthouse” and “Pissen Lighthouse”
- Address: Miķeļtornis, Tārgales pagasts, Ventspils novads, LV-3601
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pissen and Lūžņa.
Pissen
Village
Photo: Laima Gūtmane (simka…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Miķeļtornis is a populated place in the Tārgale Parish of Ventspils Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. It is one of the twelve Livonian villages on the Livonian Coast.
Lūžņa
Village
Lūžņa is a populated place in Tārgale parish, Ventspils municipality, Latvia, one of the twelve Livonian villages on the Livonian coast. Lūžņa was a long fishing hamlet at the coast of the Baltic Sea about 30 kilometers from Ventspils in the direction of Kolka. Lūžņa is situated 6 km west of Miķeļbāka.
Irbene
Village
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Irbene is a ghost town in Ance parish, northwestern Latvia. In 1971, the Soviet Union established a secret radar center "Звезда" and built a settlement for military officers and their families, naming it Irbene because of nearby river Irbe. Irbene is situated 8 km southwest of Miķeļbāka.
Miķeļbāka
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Tārgales pagasts, Ventspils Municipality, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
57.59974° or 57° 35′ 59″ northLongitude
21.97443° or 21° 58′ 28″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Height
56 metres (184 feet)Open location code
9G93HXXF+VQOpenStreetMap ID
way 228154181OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouseOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Miķeļbāka” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “米开洛夫斯科”
- Chinese: “米開洛夫斯科”
- Danish: “Mikelbaka”
- Danish: “Miķeļbāka”
- French: “phare de Miķeļtornis”
- French: “Phare de Miķeļtornis”
- German: “Leuchtturm Michelsturm”
- German: “Leuchtturm Miķeļtornis”
- German: “Michelsturm”
- German: “Miķeļbāka”
- Latvian: “Miķeļbāka”
- Swedish: “Miķeļbāka”
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