Svinøy fyr

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Svinøy fyr
Data
Country: Norway
Fylke: Møre and Romsdal
Municipality: Herøy
Function: Coastal fire
Built: 1905
Height: 10.8 m
Height above sea level: 46.2 m
geogr. Position: Latitude: 62 ° 19'53 "N, Longitude: 5 ° 16'2" E
Beam range: 18.5 nm
Automated: 2005

The fyr Svinøy is a beacon on the island Svinøya on the west coast of Norway, north of the peninsula Stadlandet with the Western Cape. Svinøya belongs to Herøy municipality in Fylke Møre og Romsdal .
The island of Svinøya consists of a 35 m high rock with a width of 300 m and a length of 900 m. Svinøya is 6.4 km west of Skorpa Island , and 16 km north of Stad .

The island has no port, but a crane system that had to be used to lift people, animals and material onto the rocks. Due to the weather, the island was often inaccessible for a long time and the inhabitants were cut off from the outside world. It was not until the 1970s that the residents were regularly supplied with a helicopter stationed in Fosnavåg .

The beacon, which was occupied by German soldiers during the Second World War , was bombed and destroyed by the Allies on October 18, 1940. After the war, the plant was rebuilt and put into operation on February 1, 1946. In 2005 the beacon was automated. The residential buildings have been renovated and are still used today as accommodation for tourists.

Most of the supplies are provided by helicopter.

In addition to the automated beacon, there is also a weather station of the Norske Meteorologisk Institut (Norwegian Meteorological Institute) on the island .

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Coordinates: 62 ° 19 ′ 53 ″  N , 5 ° 16 ′ 2 ″  E