Kvitholmen fyr

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Kvitholmen fyr
Data
Country: Norway
Fylke: Møre and Romsdal
Municipality: Hustadvika
Function: Beacon
Built: 1842
Height: 12.7 m
Height above sea level: 25.0 m
Beam range: 17.5 nm
Automated: 1990

The fyr Kvitholmen is a beacon on the west Norwegian coast, in the Hustadvika in Fylke Møre og Romsdal .

The 12 m high natural stone tower of the lighthouse is located on an archipelago in the Hustadvika . The beacon station also includes an engine house, residential and farm buildings and a boathouse with a mooring. The surrounding land was previously used for agriculture.

Kvitholmen fyr is a listed building and is located in a bird sanctuary.

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Coordinates: 63 ° 1 ′ 22 ″  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 6 ″  E