Ruhnu Lighthouse
Also known as: Рухну, Белл-Рокка, Одберг, Руно
active
Published as a public-ready text record; documentary media remains under attribution review.
At a glance
Place
- Country
- Estonia
Structure
- Status
- active Legacy archive claim · Рухну (Белл-Рокка, Одберг, Руно)
Light Signature
No accepted light signature claims yet.
Signal pattern, color, period, visibility, optics, and operating context appear here after field-level review.
Light signature JSON will appear here after review.
Names & naming history
RU · Alternative
- Белл-Рокка
- Mayachnik Drupal export Field: title.variant
- Святыни морей Record-level source link
- Неповторимые береговые маяки Эстонии Record-level source link
- Одберг
- Mayachnik Drupal export Field: title.variant
- Святыни морей Record-level source link
- Неповторимые береговые маяки Эстонии Record-level source link
- Руно
- Mayachnik Drupal export Field: title.variant
- Святыни морей Record-level source link
- Неповторимые береговые маяки Эстонии Record-level source link
RU · Official
- Рухну
- Mayachnik Drupal export Field: title.variant
- Святыни морей Record-level source link
- Неповторимые береговые маяки Эстонии Record-level source link
(autotranslated, could have mistakes)
Construction: steel cylinder on four supports
Height from the ground: 39.5 m
Altitude: 65 m
Visibility range: 11 nautical miles
A lighthouse with a metal tower was installed on Ruhnu Island in 1877 instead of a demolished wooden structure. The lighthouse was assembled from parts manufactured at the Le Havre factory in France. A four-legged steel cylinder with a spiral staircase inside was designed by Gustave Eiffel. It was one of the cheapest models. This is the only surviving lighthouse of this type in the Baltic Sea region.
- The lighthouse of Ruhnu Island is notable at least for its location: Ruhnu, or Runo in Swedish, is a tiny island a hundred kilometers from the Estonian coast. No other land is visible from it, but meanwhile, there is a village and the oldest wooden church in the Baltics. And the lighthouse at the highest point is a metal structure reminiscent of the Martian tripods from H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Only it has 5 “legs”, including the central one, and it was built long before the famous novel was written - in 1877. The rivets at the joints of metal sheets indicate their venerable age - electric welding had not yet been invented then.
(autotranslated, could have mistakes)
Construction: steel cylinder on four supports
Height from the ground: 39.5 m
Altitude: 65 m
Visibility range: 11 nautical miles
A lighthouse with a metal tower was installed on Ruhnu Island in 1877 instead of a demolished wooden structure. The lighthouse was assembled from parts manufactured at the Le Havre factory in France. A four-legged steel cylinder with a spiral staircase inside was designed by Gustave Eiffel. It was one of the cheapest models. This is the only surviving lighthouse of this type in the Baltic Sea region.
- The lighthouse of Ruhnu Island is notable at least for its location: Ruhnu, or Runo in Swedish, is a tiny island a hundred kilometers from the Estonian coast. No other land is visible from it, but meanwhile, there is a village and the oldest wooden church in the Baltics. And the lighthouse at the highest point is a metal structure reminiscent of the Martian tripods from H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Only it has 5 “legs”, including the central one, and it was built long before the famous novel was written - in 1877. The rivets at the joints of metal sheets indicate their venerable age - electric welding had not yet been invented then.
(autotranslated, could have mistakes)
Construction: steel cylinder on four supports
Height from the ground: 39.5 m
Altitude: 65 m
Visibility range: 11 nautical miles
A lighthouse with a metal tower was installed on Ruhnu Island in 1877 instead of a demolished wooden structure. The lighthouse was assembled from parts manufactured at the Le Havre factory in France. A four-legged steel cylinder with a spiral staircase inside was designed by Gustave Eiffel. It was one of the cheapest models. This is the only surviving lighthouse of this type in the Baltic Sea region.
- The lighthouse of Ruhnu Island is notable at least for its location: Ruhnu, or Runo in Swedish, is a tiny island a hundred kilometers from the Estonian coast. No other land is visible from it, but meanwhile, there is a village and the oldest wooden church in the Baltics. And the lighthouse at the highest point is a metal structure reminiscent of the Martian tripods from H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Only it has 5 “legs”, including the central one, and it was built long before the famous novel was written - in 1877. The rivets at the joints of metal sheets indicate their venerable age - electric welding had not yet been invented then.
Конструкция: стальной цилиндр на четырех опорах
(autotranslated, could have mistakes)
Construction: steel cylinder on four supports
Height from the ground: 39.5 m
Altitude: 65 m
Visibility range: 11 nautical miles
A lighthouse with a metal tower was installed on Ruhnu Island in 1877 instead of a demolished wooden structure. The lighthouse was assembled from parts manufactured at the Le Havre factory in France. A four-legged steel cylinder with a spiral staircase inside was designed by Gustave Eiffel. It was one of the cheapest models. This is the only surviving lighthouse of this type in the Baltic Sea region.
- The lighthouse of Ruhnu Island is notable at least for its location: Ruhnu, or Runo in Swedish, is a tiny island a hundred kilometers from the Estonian coast. No other land is visible from it, but meanwhile, there is a village and the oldest wooden church in the Baltics. And the lighthouse at the highest point is a metal structure reminiscent of the Martian tripods from H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Only it has 5 “legs”, including the central one, and it was built long before the famous novel was written - in 1877. The rivets at the joints of metal sheets indicate their venerable age - electric welding had not yet been invented then.
Heritage identity & evidence
Identity
- LUX ID
LUX-LH-000098- Type
- Lighthouse
- Object kind
- Lighthouse
- Current status
- active
Review & coverage
External identifiers
No reviewed external identifiers yet.
Key source-backed claims
- Location taxonomy Балтийское море · Рухну (Белл-Рокка, Одберг, Руно) derived
- Location taxonomy Эстония · Рухну (Белл-Рокка, Одберг, Руно) derived
- Media reference 1213 · Рухну (Белл-Рокка, Одберг, Руно) archive
- Media reference 1213 · Рухну (Белл-Рокка, Одберг, Руно) archive
Claim evidence
Operational status
Selected value: active
Why this value is shown: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive
Field support: Needs a reviewed field source
Archive value: active
Show claim history
- active selected why: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive · Рухну (Белл-Рокка, Одберг, Руно) Current · archive · Legacy archive field
Technical details
- claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000098-status-001- review_status
current- confidence
archive- source_type
migration_field- winner_reason
current active claim; source type migration_field; confidence archive
Technical details
- field_id
status- current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000098-status-001- winner_reason
current active claim; source type migration_field; confidence archive- field_support_status
no-trusted-reference- candidate_count
1- distinct_value_count
1- review_guidance
accepted/current claims without valid_to; prefer accepted, then latest valid_from, curated source, confidence, id.
2 active / 2 total in-archive source links. Full sources and reference search leads below
External Identity Graph
- LUX Light ArchiveLUX-LH-000098 Canonical LUX ID
Local identity anchor for the record and related claims.
- Wikidata
- WikipediaSearch / review Search lead
review lead · Useful for public descriptions and cross-checking, but text must be rewritten or quoted sparingly.
- ARLHSSearch / review Review source
review lead · Search the World List of Lights and add a verified ARLHS ID when found.
- OpenStreetMapSearch / review Search lead
review lead · Resolve to a stable node, way, or relation URL before acceptance.
- Source URLs2 active / 2 total in-record source links Record source URLs
record provenance · Record-level source URLs are listed in the source provenance section.
- Lighthouse DirectorySearch / review Review source
review lead · Use the regional directory page as a trusted catalogue lead; add the exact URL after review.
Evidence graph
Derived view of how sources, facts, identifiers, lifecycle events, and relationships support this record.
Sources
Facts
- Operational status status · active
Identifiers
- Search / review object
- Search / review object
- Search / review object
- Search / review object
- Search / review object
Lifecycle
- No lifecycle evidence nodes yet.
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Reconstructed state
No reviewed year-by-year state profile yet.
State profile JSON will appear here after review.
History and connections
Lifecycle summary
Current status: active
Construction phases
Repeated construction dates are treated as lighthouse phases or rebuilds, not one current-date conflict.
- 1877 · Source narrative · Narrative lead
Source narrative context: A lighthouse with a metal tower was installed on Ruhnu Island in 1877 instead of a demolished wooden structure. The lighthouse was assembled from parts manufactured at the Le Havre factory in France. A four-legged steel cylinder with a spiral staircase inside was designed by Gustave Eiffel. It was one of the cheapest models. This is the only surviving lighthouse...
Evidence and data
Detailed timeline, graph, map history, and JSON exports for review and research.
Coverage: no-accepted-coordinates
Open timeline JSON · Open graph JSON · Open map history JSON · Open state profile JSON
Lighthouse history (0 events)
No timeline events yet.
Record history (2 changes)
- Archive record createdarchive-metadata
- Archive record updatedarchive-metadata
Connection graph (1 objects)
Geo timeline (0 places)
No accepted coordinate point yet. The text geography remains listed as context.
- Geography contextЭстония · text-only
Referenced by
- Маяки Эстонии mentions · lighthouse_names
Rights & Attribution
Content License
Original editorial content on this page: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. See Rights & Reuse.
Media Rights
No published media with documented rights on this record.
Attribution
"Ruhnu Lighthouse" · LUX-LH-000098 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/lighthouses/LUX-LH-000098/
Citation
LUX Light Archive, Lighthouse record: "Ruhnu Lighthouse", LUX-LH-000098, https://light.lux143.org/lighthouses/LUX-LH-000098/, accessed 2026-07-03, archive v0.24.42.
Legacy archive provenance
This object now uses its LUX identity as the public record. The original Drupal node is preserved as migration provenance and a compatibility route.
- Canonical LUX ID
- LUX-LH-000098
- Legacy node
- node:589
- Legacy URL
- /node/589/
- Drupal source type
- lighthouse
- Source system
- drupal_migration
- Source path
- /node/589
Trusted References
Known external identifiers and review leads for Wikipedia, Wikidata, map, registry, and catalogue coverage. Search leads are not accepted evidence until reviewed. Field-level evidence is implied only when evidence scope or supported fields are explicit.
| Source | Status | Evidence scope | Reference | Review note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikidata | search-candidate | Search / review | Resolve to a verified QID before treating as evidence. | |
| Wikipedia | search-candidate | Search / review | Useful for public descriptions and cross-checking, but text must be rewritten or quoted sparingly. | |
| OpenStreetMap | search-candidate | Search / review | Resolve to a stable node, way, or relation URL before acceptance. | |
| ARLHS | review-source | Search / review | Search the World List of Lights and add a verified ARLHS ID when found. | |
| Lighthouse Directory | review-source | Search / review | Use the regional directory page as a trusted catalogue lead; add the exact URL after review. |
Record identifiers
- Node
- 589
- Source type
- lighthouse
- Review class
- Lighthouse
- Wikidata class
- Q39715
- Created
- 27/05/2011 14:40:25 UTC
- Changed
- 27/12/2014 21:25:02 UTC
- Source path
- /node/589
All technical fields
- Status
- active Legacy archive claim · Рухну (Белл-Рокка, Одберг, Руно)
- Construction date
- Not recorded
- Tower height
- Not recorded
- Focal height
- Not recorded
- Light height
- Not recorded
- Light characteristic
- Not recorded
- Light number
- Not recorded
- Operation
- Not recorded
- Visibility
- Not recorded
- Legacy light IDs
- Not recorded
- Call sign
- Not recorded
- Lens / optics
- Not curated
- Latitude
- Not recorded
- Longitude
- Not recorded
Empty lighthouse fields are shown so review gaps are visible. Lens and optics are curated as heritage assets when evidence exists.