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Estonia
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Geography / Estonia
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Peter the Great reportedly ordered a stone marker built on the island in 1718, though no trace survives. A wo...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Vaindloo Lighthouse stands on Vaindloo Island in the Gulf of Finland, historically known by its Swedish name Stenscher. Open record
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The site's first navigational marker, a conical stone tower, was built by Russian hydrographers in 1836 but w...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Viirelaid Lighthouse stands at the northeastern tip of Viirelaid Island in the Väinameri strait, near Muhu Island, Estonia. Open record
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. An early unlit beacon existed here in the 18th century; the first proper lighthouse was built in 1809 under d...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Vilsandi (Filsand) Lighthouse stands on Vilsandi Island off western Saaremaa, Estonia, in the Baltic Sea. Open record
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Proposed by Baltic lighthouse director Baron B. V. Wrangel to aid growing steamship traffic through the Moons...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Vormsi (Vorms) Lighthouse marks the northwestern tip of Vormsi Island at the entrance to the Muhu Väin strait, Estonia. Open record
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Lighthouse Keri (formerly Kokskari) Design: cylindrical metal tower on a stone cylindrical base, the so-calle...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Lighthouse Keri (formerly Kokskari) Design: cylindrical metal tower on a stone cylindrical base, the so called. Open record
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. on the Harilaid peninsula, which in turn on the island of Saaremaa is one of the most little-known and inacce...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. on the Harilaid peninsula, which in turn on the island of Saaremaa is one of the most little known and inaccessible in Estonia, but perhaps the most spectacular. Open record
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Long delayed for lack of funds despite decades of petitions from Pärnu and Riga shipmasters citing 20-40 wrec...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Kihnu Lighthouse stands on the southern tip of Kihnu Island in the northeastern Gulf of Riga, Estonia. Open record
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Lighthouse
Kõpu Lighthouse (Dagerort, Andreevsky, Lower Dagerort) Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Kõpu Lighthouse (Dagerort) is located on the island of Hiiumaa. Construction: A four-sided stone tower wi...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Standing on Hiiumaa Island since 1531, the Kõpu Lighthouse is one of the oldest in the world, having guided mariners through the Gulf of Finland for nearly five centuries. Open record
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Stories and news
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. According to the decision of the International Organization of Lighthouses and Maritime Signs IALA, six Eston...
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Built to protect ships from the Mikhailovsky Shoal on the approach to Riga, the site was disputed between nav...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Mikelbaka Lighthouse guards the approach to the Irbe Strait between Saaremaa and the Courland coast, Latvia. Open record
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. First built in wood in 1806 under an Admiralty Department order to guard the approaches to Monvik Bay and Nar...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Mokhni Lighthouse stands on Mokhni Island off the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, Estonia. Open record
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Known to mariners since ancient times and possibly the island named by the 12th-century Arab geographer al-Id...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Naissaar Lighthouse marks Naissaar Island at the entrance to Tallinn Bay, Estonia. Open record
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. A lighthouse at Narva, originally built by the Swedes, is documented as early as 1725; the masonry tower desc...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Narva Lighthouse marks the mouth of the Narva River on the southern Gulf of Finland, Estonia. Open record
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Its name means "end of the land"; an early beacon burning firewood operated here from at least 1734, and a pr...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Osmussaar Lighthouse stands on Osmussaar Island in the southwestern Gulf of Finland, Estonia. Open record
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Peter I personally selected the site and ordered a lighthouse built in 1724 as part of his plan for a naval b...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Pakri Lighthouse marks Cape Pakri near the port of Paldiski on Estonia's northwest coast. Open record
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Built in 1874 to a request pressed by Baltic lighthouse director Admiral B. V. Wrangell, Ristna was Russia's...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Ristna Lighthouse stands on the Kõpu peninsula of Hiiumaa island in the Western Estonian archipelago, marking the western Gulf of Finland approach to Tallinn. Open record
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Lighthouse
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Estonian island lighthouse record prepared as public text while documentary image evidence is reviewed separately.
Ruhnu adds a Baltic island light with multilingual naming history to the public-ready corpus. Open record
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Lighthouse
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Estonian range-light record prepared for launch as a public text record.
Suurupi makes range-light pairs visible in the launch set, emphasizing navigation systems rather than isolated landmarks only. Open record
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Swedish settlers built the first lighthouse here in 1645; a 35 m conical stone tower replaced it in 1807, fol...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Sõrve Lighthouse marks the tip of the Sõrve peninsula south of Saaremaa island, guarding the entrance to the Irbe Strait and the Gulf of Riga. Open record
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. it is notable not for its beauty or antiquity (it was built after the war), but for its location: in an ordin...
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Lighthouse
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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Front (northern) light, a red conical tower on the Laksberg bluff, was built in 1806 under lighthouse dir...
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Tallinn range lights, named after Catherine the Great, stand above the Estonian capital and guide ships onto Tallinn roadstead. Open record
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Lighthouse
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Estonian Baltic lighthouse record prepared as a public text record while legacy media remains local-review only.
Tahkuna brings Baltic lighthouse architecture and Estonian coastal memory into the launch set without exposing uncertain image rights. Open record
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Library articles
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Lighthouses of Estonia on the map About the lighthouses of Estonia
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Lighthouse
Tower 24 m
This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. 3.7 kbt east of Cape Jumindanina, southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. Black and white round tower with bal...