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Lighthouse

Ģipkas

Also known as: Гипка

Tower 30 m

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At a glance

Structure

Construction date
1961 Multiple lighthouse phases
Гипка archive
Tower height
30 Legacy archive claim · Гипка

Signal

Visibility
15 Legacy archive claim · Гипка

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

Some source names have not yet been assigned a reviewed language; script labels preserve provenance without hiding the row.

Latin script · Local

RU · Official

Machine-readable names JSON

(autotranslated, could have mistakes)

North of the village of Gipka, southwestern coast of the Gulf of Riga

Two red trapezoids with a large base up above a white rectangle on an openwork tetrahedral tower.

Heritage identity & evidence

Identity

LUX ID
LUX-LH-000474
Type
Lighthouse
Object kind
Lighthouse

Review & coverage

Coordinates not reviewedNo images6 accepted field claims

External identifiers

No reviewed external identifiers yet.

Key source-backed claims

  • Construction or building date 1961 · Гипка archive
  • Light visibility / range 15 · Гипка archive
  • Local name Ģipkas · Гипка archive
  • Location taxonomy Балтийское море · Гипка derived

Claim evidence

Construction or building date

Multiple lighthouse phasesInherited from archiveNeeds reviewed field source

Phase history: 1961

Reviewer action: Treat each active date as a separate lighthouse phase, rebuild, first-light, or current-structure date before promoting phase-specific facts.

Field support: Needs a reviewed field source

Archive value: 1961

Show claim history
  • 1961 · Гипка Current · archive · Legacy archive field
    Technical details
    claim_id
    CLAIM-LUX-LH-000474-construction_date-001
    review_status
    current
    confidence
    archive
    source_type
    migration_field
Technical details
field_id
construction_date
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000474-construction_date-001
field_support_status
no-trusted-reference
candidate_count
1
distinct_value_count
1
review_guidance
repeatable lifecycle phase field; display active values as phase history and only flag conflict when review assigns two different values to the same phase.

Tower height

Selected valueInherited from archiveNeeds reviewed field source

Selected value: 30

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: 30 m

Show claim history
  • 30 selected why: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive · Гипка Current · archive · Legacy archive field
    Technical details
    claim_id
    CLAIM-LUX-LH-000474-tower_height-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
tower_height
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000474-tower_height-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.

Light visibility / range

Selected valueInherited from archiveNeeds reviewed field source

Selected value: 15

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: 15 miles

Show claim history
  • 15 selected why: Current evidence is active; Source: Legacy archive field; Inherited from the archive · Гипка Current · archive · Legacy archive field
    Technical details
    claim_id
    CLAIM-LUX-LH-000474-light_visibility-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
light_visibility
current_claim_id
CLAIM-LUX-LH-000474-light_visibility-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.

Key sources

1 active / 1 total in-archive source link. Full sources and reference search leads below

External Identity Graph

  • LUX Light Archive
    LUX-LH-000474 Canonical LUX ID

    Local identity anchor for the record and related claims.

  • Wikidata
    Search / review Search lead

    review lead · Resolve to a verified QID before treating as evidence.

  • Wikipedia
    Search / review Search lead

    review lead · Useful for public descriptions and cross-checking, but text must be rewritten or quoted sparingly.

  • ARLHS
    Search / review Review source

    review lead · Search the World List of Lights and add a verified ARLHS ID when found.

  • OpenStreetMap
    Search / review Search lead

    review lead · Resolve to a stable node, way, or relation URL before acceptance.

  • Source URLs
    1 active / 1 total in-record source link Record source URLs

    record provenance · Record-level source URLs are listed in the source provenance section.

  • Lighthouse Directory
    Search / 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.

7 sources3 field-supported facts6 object-only refs

Facts

  • Construction or building date construction_date · 1961
  • Light visibility / range light_visibility · 15
  • Tower height tower_height · 30

Lifecycle

  • No lifecycle evidence nodes yet.

Open evidence graph JSON

View by year

Reconstructed state

Open state profile JSON
1961

History and connections

Lifecycle summary

Built

Lifecycle events

  1. BuiltInherited from legacy archive

    Construction date recorded.

    1 source · medium confidence

Construction phases

Repeated construction dates are treated as lighthouse phases or rebuilds, not one current-date conflict.

  1. 1961 · Гипка · Phase claim

    Needs review classification for this phase.

Evidence and data

Detailed timeline, graph, map history, and JSON exports for review and research.

1 history events 2 record changes 1 connected objects 0 places

Coverage: no-accepted-coordinates

Open timeline JSON · Open graph JSON · Open map history JSON · Open state profile JSON

Lighthouse history (1 events)
  1. Construction date recordedrecord-derived
Record history (2 changes)
  1. Archive record createdarchive-metadata
  2. 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 contextБалтийское море · text-only

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

"Ģipkas" · LUX-LH-000474 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/lighthouses/LUX-LH-000474/

Citation

LUX Light Archive, Lighthouse record: "Ģipkas", LUX-LH-000474, https://light.lux143.org/lighthouses/LUX-LH-000474/, 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-000474
Legacy node
node:1271
Legacy URL
/node/1271/
Drupal source type
lighthouse
Source system
drupal_migration
Source path
/node/1271

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.

SourceStatusEvidence scopeReferenceReview note
Wikidatasearch-candidateSearch / reviewResolve to a verified QID before treating as evidence.
Wikipediasearch-candidateSearch / reviewUseful for public descriptions and cross-checking, but text must be rewritten or quoted sparingly.
OpenStreetMapsearch-candidateSearch / reviewResolve to a stable node, way, or relation URL before acceptance.
ARLHSreview-sourceSearch / reviewSearch the World List of Lights and add a verified ARLHS ID when found.
Lighthouse Directoryreview-sourceSearch / reviewUse the regional directory page as a trusted catalogue lead; add the exact URL after review.
Record identifiers
Node
1271
Source type
lighthouse
Review class
Lighthouse
Wikidata class
Q39715
Created
14/05/2015 13:21:07 UTC
Changed
14/05/2015 13:57:58 UTC
Source path
/node/1271
All technical fields
Status
Not recorded
Construction date
1961 Multiple lighthouse phases
Гипка archive
Tower height
30 Legacy archive claim · Гипка
Focal height
Not recorded
Light height
Not recorded
Light characteristic
Not recorded
Light number
Not recorded
Operation
Not recorded
Visibility
15 Legacy archive claim · Гипка
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.