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Ukraine
This lighthouse helps guide ships to the entrance of the Kerch Strait, which is about 8 km (5 mi) to the northeast; it also helps them avoid a dangerous reef offshore. The lighthouse was deactivated during World War II but two courageous Soviet officers lit fires on the bluff to guide Soviet ships operating nearby. The lighthouse was restored after World War II and again in the late 1960s. Located on the point of the cape about 4 km (2.5 mi) southeast of Jakovenkove. Site open, tower closed.
About Chance lamp.
The lighthouse used a Chance lamp. Who made the other parts of the lighthouse require clarification.
A diopter light-optical device of the 1st category, installed in a lantern structure at a height of 61 m from sea level and 27 m from the base, shone with white and green constant lights: white indicated a safe path, and green on both sides of the white protected sailors from the surface rocks of Elchan-Kai, a reef protruding from Cape Iron Horn, and from all the cans located near this cape.
At first, a double-acting lamp was installed in the lighting apparatus - piston and hydraulic, purchased at the Chance brothers factory in England, but it turned out to be unacceptable for corner lighting - during the night one or two times it was necessary to cut carbon deposits from the lamps, so it was replaced the lamp with petroleum, which turned out to be much more efficient. In the future, lighting
The equipment at the lighthouse was constantly being improved.
| Lighthouse Construction | 1876 |
|---|---|
| Country | Ukraine |
| Status | publish |
| Light Character | FL G 6S 14M Green flashing light with a period of 6 seconds and a range of 14 miles |
| Lighthouse Markings | White octagonal stone tower, black stripes. Tower painted with black and white vertical stripes; lantern painted white. |
| Lighthouse Parts | The lighthouse used a Chance lamp. Who made the other parts of the lighthouse require clarification. |
| Coastal Erosion Vulnerability | |
| Open Status (Site) | Open |
| Open Status (Tower) | Closed |
| Coordinates | 45.0605084755,36.3728755264 |
| Other | ARLHS UKR-013; Admiralty N5358; NGA 18408. |
| Data Source | Lighthouses of Russia (Historical Essays). GUNiO MO RF edition, St. Petersburg, 2001, the authors, A.A. Komaritsin, V.I. Koryakin, V.G. Romanov. |
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