Everything about The Kullen Lighthouse totally explained
The
Kullen Lighthouse is an operational
lighthouse in
Scania, located by the mouth of
Öresund, at the point of
Kullaberg peninsula, in
Höganäs, on the south-west coast of
Sweden. Kullen is one of the most prominent landmarks along the Swedish coastline, and with its 1000
Watt electric bulb in a huge lenshouse, also the most powerful lighthouse in
Scandinavia, overlooking one of the world's most heavily traveled waters.
The lighthouse is 15 meters high and is located 78.5 meters above sea level (before a correction in 1992, the official height was 88.5 meters), making it the highest located lighthouse in Sweden. Every 5 seconds, the Kullen Lighthouse flashes white for 0.3 seconds with a range of . In times of
fog, a
foghorn provides an audible warning twice every 30 seconds.
History
There have been different kinds of lighthouses at Kullen for more than 1000 years, but the first conventional lighthouse was established by King
Frederick II in
1561. In
1577, the
Danish astronomer
Tycho Brahe became the lighthouse administrator at Kullen keeping it until his dead in 1601. Being the landowner of Kullaberg, Brahe was in
1585, due to complaints by the merchant navy, explicitly ordered to better look after the lighthouse or lose his land.
The present lighthouse was designed by the
Swedish architect
Magnus Dahlander, in
1898. It is built in
granite and
brick and has three large
lenses in a lensehouse that rotates four times per minute, hence giving twelve flashes per minute. Based on
Augustin-Jean Fresnel's design, the lensehouse was constructed by the French company
Barbier & Barnard and delivered in the summer of 1900. It consists of three lenses of 2.55
diameters, weighs 6
metric tons and rotates on a base filled with 50
liters of
mercury. The Kullen lighthouse was automated in 1979 and is remote-controlled by the
Swedish Maritime Administration's check at
Norrköping. However, in spite of being automated, the lighthouse is one of few remaining staffed with a lighthouse keeper.
Area setting
The Kullen Lighthouse is situated within the
Kullaberg Nature Reserve, a cliff and forest habitat for a variety of
rare species, criss-crossed by numerous hiking trails. Approximately three kilometers to the southeast is the harbour town of
Mölle.
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