Kvitsøy Lighthouse
Kvitsøy Lighthouse is a coastal lighthouse and heritage building in Kvitsøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located on the west side of the village of Ydstebøhamn on the island of Kvitsøy.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Norway
- Also known as: “Kvitsøy”, “Kvitsøy fyr”, and “Kvitsøy fyrstasjon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kvitsøy Vessel Traffic Service Centre and Kvitsøy Church.
Kvitsøy Vessel Traffic Service Centre
Kvitsøy Vessel Traffic Service Centre, commonly abbreviated Kvitsøy VTS, is a vessel traffic service and pilot dispatch station situated on the islands of Kvitsøy Municipality in Norway. Kvitsøy Vessel Traffic Service Centre is situated 140 metres south of Kvitsøy Lighthouse.Kvitsøy Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Kvitsøy Church is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Kvitsøy Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located just north of the village of Ydstebøhamn on the island of Kvitsøy. Kvitsøy Church is situated 1 km east of Kvitsøy Lighthouse.
Kvitsøy cross
Memorial
Photo: Hillevaag, CC BY-SA 3.0 no.
Kvitsøy cross is a memorial, which is situated 2 km east of Kvitsøy Lighthouse.
Kvitsøy Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kvitsøy, Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.06203° or 59° 3′ 43″ northLongitude
5.40011° or 5° 24′ 0″ eastOpen location code
9FF73C62+R2OpenStreetMap ID
way 183503794OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q4577871
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Kvitsøy Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Kvitsøy fyr”
- Finnish: “Kvitsøyn majakka”
- French: “phare de Kvitsøy”
- French: “Phare de Kvitsøy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kvitsøy fyr”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kvitsøy fyrstasjon”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kvitsøy fyr”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kvitsøy fyrstasjon”
- Norwegian: “Kvitsøy fyr”
- Swedish: “Kvitsøy fyr”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kvitsøy fyr and Vippefyr.
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