ANIVA LIGHTHOUSE

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Lighthouses of the Pacific coast of Russia

Installed on the cape of the same name on the northwestern shore of the La Perouse Strait (Sakhalin Island), on the Sivuchya rock.

Cape Aniva, which is the entrance point to the La Perouse Strait for ships coming from the Pacific Ocean, was discovered and named in 1643 by the Dutch navigator M. de Vries, sent north of Japan in search of islands rich in gold and silver.

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Lighthouse Aniva

The description of the cape was made in 1805 by members of the First Russian round-the-world expedition of 1803-1806 on the schooner “Nadezhda” under the command of Lieutenant-Commander I. F. Kruzenshtern.

The cape ends a chain of high mountains stretching from the north, and therefore it is very noticeable from the sea. The tip of the cape consists of steep and completely bare cliffs. The shores here are deep, so you can go around the cape at a fairly close distance.

When entering the La Perouse Strait from the east, navigators were guided not only by the appearance of the shores, but also by the water temperature, which drops sharply when approaching the cape. This temperature jump was noticed by Admiral S. O. Makarov while sailing in 1886-1889 on the corvette “Vityaz”. This method of orientation especially helped sailors in fog.

Due to the rocky topography of the cape and its high visibility, no special structures were built for its fencing for a long time. Only in 1939, when the southern part of Sakhalin Island belonged to Japan, was a round concrete tower combined with a technical building built on a rocky cliff 20 m from the shore. The height of the tower, painted with black and white horizontal stripes, is 31 m.

Since 1945, when the lighthouse came under the jurisdiction of

Hydrographic Service of the Pacific Fleet, it was overhauled several times, and its navigation equipment was improved. Currently, the lighthouse's electric light-optical apparatus shines a white flashing light from a height of 40 m from sea level, illuminating the space from 26 to 346 ° for a distance of up to 17 miles. The lighthouse operates automatically. It has a backup lighting apparatus and a radio beacon.