Fort Kronshlot Range Front (Nizhniy, Lower or Western Nikolaevskiy Stvornyy Mayak, Kronshtadtskiy)

New lighthouse inactive since 2008. 25 m (82 ft) round cast iron tower with lantern and gallery, painted red, built just outside the walls of Fort Kronshlot. Built by Peter the Great in 1704, Fort Kronshlot is the oldest of the many fortresses protecting Kronstadt and St. Petersburg. The range became obsolete when the channel was relocated through the Floodgate in 2008. Located on a small island just west of the naval base, near the east end of Ostrov Kotlin. Accessible only by boat, but there are distant views from Kronstadt and from the civilian port of Lomonosov on the mainland 3 km (2 mi) to the south. Site and tower closed. ARLHS ERU-046; ex-Admiralty C4012; ex-NGA 13016.

Old lighthouse 1865-1891
"...In 1862, they began to rebuild the Lower (western) lighthouse. In place of a wooden tower in front of the Nikolaev battery, a cast-iron round tower was built on a stone foundation, in the lantern of which refractive lighting was placed apparatus of the 4th category with a reflector. The lighthouse shone constantly red fire and was painted white on the west side and dark brown on the east side. Connected to the tower was a cast-iron house, also painted dark brown. On May 12, 1865, the new Lower Lighthouse became illuminated. The height of its fire was 5 m from the base, and 7.5 m from sea level. The direction of the alignment remained unchanged. By the decree of the sovereign emperor on June 13, 1864, the Nikolaevsky lighthouses were renamed Kronstadt..."

New lighthouse 1891-2008
The former Lower Lighthouse became known as the Front Kronstadt Lighthouse
a red round tower (24.3 m high), before deactivation in 2008, the light was a constant red light and an eclipsing white light (visibility range of red light 15 miles, white light 7 miles)

Inactive since 2008