Storozhenskiy Light

Storozhenskiy Light
Storozhno

Storozhenskiy Light in 2008
Leningrad Oblast
Location	Lake Ladoga Leningrad Oblast Russia
Coordinates	60°31′53.11″N 32°37′33.58″E / 60.5314194°N 32.6259944°ECoordinates: 60°31′53.11″N 32°37′33.58″E / 60.5314194°N 32.6259944°E
Year first constructed	1907[1]
Construction	stone tower
Tower shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern	tower with red and white horizontal bands, red lantern dome
Height	71 metres (233 ft)
Focal height	76 metres (249 ft)
Current lens	Fresnel lens
Characteristic	Fl WRG
ARLHS number	ERU-175[2]

Storozhenskiy Light (Russian: Стороженский маяк), also known as Storozhno Light, is an active lighthouse in Lake Ladoga, in the Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located on a headland on the eastern side of the lake, separating the Svirsky lip of the lake from the Volkhov Bay, at the village of Storozhno.

At a height of 233 feet (71 m) it is the seventh-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world,^[3] and the fourth-tallest stone lighthouse.^[4] It is a twin of the slightly shorter Osinovetsky Light.

The site is accessible and the tower is open by arrangement with the keeper.

See also

• List of lighthouses in Russia
• List of tallest lighthouses in the world

References

1. 1911 according to "Storozhenskiy Light - Lighthouse Explorer Database - Lighthouses at Lighthouse Depot". lighthousedepot.com. Retrieved 9 August 2010. and according to "The Tallest Lighthouses".
2. Storozhenskiy The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 19, 2016
3. Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
4. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Russia: Lake Ladoga". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.