Kya Lighthouse
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The Kya lighthouse is a lighthouse
in the municipality of Osen
in Sør-Trøndelag
county, Norway
. The lighthouse is located on the small island of Kya in the ocean 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of Seter
. The Buholmråsa lighthouse
is located nearby, closer to the mainland.
The light on the 22.5 metres (73.8 ft) tall lighthouse can be see for 12.2 nmi (22.6 km; 14 mi). It is lit from July 25 until May 12 every year, but is not lit during the late spring and early summer due to the midnight sun
.
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
in the municipality of Osen
Osen
is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Steinsdalen...
in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The lighthouse is located on the small island of Kya in the ocean 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of Seter
Seter, Sør-Trøndelag
Seter is a village in the municipality of Osen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Svesfjorden in the northern part of the municipality, although it has no road connection to the southern part of the municipality. The only road connection is to Flatanger to the north.Seter is...
. The Buholmråsa lighthouse
Buholmråsa Lighthouse
The Buholmråsa lighthouse is a lighthouse in the municipality of Osen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lighthouse is located in the Svesfjorden on the small island Sønnaholmen about northwest of Seter....
is located nearby, closer to the mainland.
The light on the 22.5 metres (73.8 ft) tall lighthouse can be see for 12.2 nmi (22.6 km; 14 mi). It is lit from July 25 until May 12 every year, but is not lit during the late spring and early summer due to the midnight sun
Midnight sun
The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon occurring in summer months at latitudes north and nearby to the south of the Arctic Circle, and south and nearby to the north of the Antarctic Circle where the sun remains visible at the local midnight. Given fair weather, the sun is visible for a continuous...
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