Leading light line Voslapp
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| Place: | Wilhelmshaven | |
| Location: | Lower Saxony , Germany | |
| Geographical location: | 53 ° 34 '53.7 " N , 8 ° 7' 51.2" E | |
| Fire carrier height : | 64.60 m (upper fire) 16.90 m (lower fire) |
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| Fire height : | 61.95 m (upper fire) 15.50 m (lower fire) |
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| Identifier : | Iso.W.6s | |
| Function: | Leading light | |
| Construction time: | 1960-1961 | |
| Operating time: | since August 1961 | |
| International ordinal number: | B 1138 (lower fire) B 1138.1 (upper fire) |
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The leading light line Voslapp marks a section of the fairway to the Wilhelmshaven ports . It begins at the level of the Minsener Oog and ends after 6.5 nautical miles (nm) east of Horumersiel .
General
The expansion of the Jade fairway for tankers made it necessary to build new leading lights in the early 1960s . In this context, the leading light line Voslapp was built from 1960 and put into operation in August 1961. It has replaced the Voslapp lighthouse .
The upper fire has a height of 64.6 m above sea level. NN and is one of the tallest lighthouses in Germany and the world. The initially gray reinforced concrete tower stood directly behind the Genius Beach . With the construction of the JadeWeserPort , he has now moved further inland. In September 1984 the top light was given today's red and white paint and until 1998 a cross- brand light was also in operation at a height of 20.2 m .
The 16.9 m above sea level NN high lower light consists of a steel tube and is 2.35 nm away from the upper light in the mudflats . The initially black and white tower with a red lantern was also painted red and white in 2003. Both towers form a leading light line of 164.5 ° and show a synchronous white common mode light . The ranges are given as 27 nm for the upper fire and 24 nm for the lower fire.
See also
Web links
- Leading light line Voslapp. Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt Wilhelmshaven , accessed on October 18, 2017 .
- Directional, guiding and cross-mark fire Voslapp. baken-net.de, accessed on October 18, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Russ Rowlett: The Tallest Lighthouses ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved November 23, 2017.