Grenjanes Lighthouse

Iceland

The lighthouse was built during WW II but not activated until 1945. It is located at the east entrance to Lonafjordur about 5 kilometres north of the fishing town of Porshofn. There appears to be no road access to the site.

Manufacture Date	1945
Lighthouse Construction	1945
Country	Iceland
Commissioning Body	Unknown
Lens Order	Unknown
Lens Type	Revolving
Status	publish
Light Character	One long 2s white flash every 20s.
Lighthouse Markings	19 metre square white tower with balcony, red lantern and roof. From a distance it appears to have vertical stripes on each face.
Lighthouse Parts	None known
Management Body Ports Authority	Icelandic Transport Authority.
Preserver	Icelandic transport Authority.
Coastal Erosion Vulnerability
Condition Observations	Unknown
Open Status (Site)	Open
Open Status (Tower)	Closed
Coordinates	66.2580095591,-15.3354987196
Other	Very little information is available on this lighthouse but the ITA have stated that their lighthouses are now automated and all old or outdated equipment has been removed so I have therefore made the assumption that is likely the Chance lens is no longer in situ. ARLHS ICE-042; VIT-205; Admiralty L4710; NGA 18900. Photo * Grenjanes Light, Þórshöfn, August 2018. photo copyright Arnaud van Beek https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/photos/Arctic/GrenjanesISLN.jpg * Ingvar Hreinsson has a 2001 closeup photo https://www.flickr.com/photos/14889648@N05/4028429543/ * Bing has a satellite view http://binged.it/17RDaBa
Data Source	Internet search and ITA contact.