Hornsund lighthouse
Hornsund lighthouse is a lighthouse in Svalbard.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse on Svalbard
- Also known as: “Hornsund fyr” and “Hornsund UWE-1”
Hornsund lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Svalbard, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
77.00146° or 77° 0′ 5″ north
Longitude
15.54107° or 15° 32′ 28″ east
Inception
2006
Height
5.3 metres (17 feet)
Open location code
CF9Q2G2R+HC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Hornsund lighthouse from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Czech to Polish—“Hornsund lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Hornsund”
- Czech: “Maják Hornsund”
- French: “phare d’Hornsund”
- French: “Phare d’Hornsund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hornsund fyr”
- Norwegian: “Hornsund fyr”
- Polish: “Latarnia Morska Hornsund”
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Highlights include Schønningholmane and Emoholmane.
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