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Adzhigol Range Lights (Dnieper Estuary)

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Replacing earlier unlit Kinburn Spit markers destroyed by a storm in 1865, the Adzhigol lit range began opera...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Adzhigol range lights mark the Adzhigol leg of the Dnieper-Bug canal on the northern shore of the Dnieper Estuary near the village of Adzhigol, Ukraine. Open record

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Belosaraysky Lighthouse

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. An earlier wooden light dating to 1811 was replaced in 1834-36 by a well-built 19.2 m white octagonal stone t...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Belosaraysky Lighthouse, the oldest lighthouse on the Sea of Azov, stands at the tip of the Belosaraysk sand spit southwest of the port of Mariupol. Open record

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Berdyansk Lighthouses, Lower and Upper

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Lower lighthouse, a 19 m white octagonal stone tower with a red band, began operating in 1840 after Gover...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Lower and Upper Berdyansk lighthouses guard the approaches to the port of Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov, at the tip of the Berdyansk spit and above the town itself. Open record

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Berezan Lighthouse

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The island, once known as Borysthenes, held one of the earliest ancient Greek colonies on the northern Black...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Berezan Lighthouse stands on Berezan island at the entrance to the Dnieper liman near Ochakov on the Black Sea. Open record

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Biryuchy Lighthouse

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Built in 1877 but not lit until 1882 because of the Russo-Turkish War, the light was a 24.7 m white round sto...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Biryuchy Lighthouse stands on the Biryuchy Island spit in the northwestern Sea of Azov, guiding ships toward the port of Genichesk. Open record

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Burun Range Lights (Kerch Strait)

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Built as part of a broader deepening of the Kerch Strait's shipping channel (widened to 107 meters by 1901 an...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Burun range lights mark the second leg of the Kerch approach channel on the western shore of the Kerch Strait, Crimea. Open record

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Viktorivka Range Lights (Dnieper Estuary)

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Originally built in 1856 as the Berezan range lights on the western shore of the Berezan estuary, the markers...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Viktorivka range lights guide ships along the second (Viktorovsky) leg of the Dnieper-Bug canal past Kinburn Spit, Ukraine. Open record

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Vorontsovsky Lighthouse (Karantinny)

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. First lit in 1845 as the Karantinny light on Governor-General Vorontsov's initiative, it was renamed Vorontso...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Vorontsovsky Lighthouse stands at the tip of the Reid Mole in Odessa, marking the leading line into the inner harbor and serving as a symbol of the city. Open record

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Genichesk Lighthouse

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Built by 1877 as a white two-story building with a four-sided tower at its center, the lighthouse's lighting...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Genichesk Lighthouse guards the approach to the port of Genichesk on the Sea of Azov, at the strait linking the Sivash lagoon to the open sea. Open record

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Dzharylgach Lighthouse

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Dzharylgach Lighthouse stands near the eastern end of Dzharylgach Spit, which divides Karkinitska Bay and gua...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Dzharylgach Lighthouse marks the tip of Dzharylgach Spit in the Black Sea, guiding ships into Karkinitska Bay and the port of Skadovsk, Ukraine. Open record

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Dnipro-Lyman Range Lights (Pervomaisky Island)

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Built on an island created in the 1870s for a coastal battery defending the estuary entrance, the range was e...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Dnipro-Lyman range lights, also called the Pervomaisky lights, mark the third leg of the Dnieper-Bug canal on the artificial Pervomaisky Island in the Dnieper Estuary, Ukraine. Open record

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Dniester-Tsaregradsky Lighthouse

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. A light mark at the mouth of the Dniester Estuary is documented from 1827, evolving through several timber st...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Dniester-Tsaregradsky Lighthouse marks the southern side of the channel connecting the Dniester Estuary to the Black Sea near Bugaz, Ukraine. Open record

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Zmeiny Lighthouse (Fidonisi, Snake Island)

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Known in antiquity as the island of Achilles, home to a temple described by the ancient geographer Arrian and...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Zmeiny (Snake Island) Lighthouse stands on a small rocky island in the northwestern Black Sea, about 19 miles off the Danube delta. Open record

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Inkerman section. Inkerman lighthouses - Front (Western) and Rear (East) Lighthouse

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Star of the sailor Inkerman (21 19) 151109! 1 from First Sevastopol channel on Vimeo . Two more Sevastopol li...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Star of the sailor Inkerman (21 19) 151109! 1 from First Sevastopol channel on Vimeo. Open record

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Kamysh-Burun Range Lights

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. First built as temporary wooden towers in 1872 (Kamysh-Burun lit that November, Churubash in November as well...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Kamysh-Burun and Churubash lighthouses form a range guiding ships through the third bend of the Kerch-Yenikale Canal in the Kerch Strait. Open record

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Kislyakovsko-Luparevsky Range Lights (Dnieper Estuary)

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The site began as an early-19th-century optical telegraph tower that collapsed from age in 1862 and was repla...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Kislyakovsko-Luparevsky range lights mark a leg of the Dnieper-Bug canal on the Southern Bug River near the site of ancient Olbia, Ukraine. Open record

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Limano-Ozharsky Range Lights (Russky and Ozharsky Lighthouses), Dnieper Estuary

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The first light here, an iron tower on Voloshskaya Spit, began operating in 1861 but had to be relocated acro...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Russky and Ozharsky lighthouses form navigational range lights marking the channel through the Dnieper-Bug estuary near Nikolaev on the Black Sea. Open record

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Odessa Lighthouse at Bolshoy Fontan

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The first substantial lighthouse here, a white stone tower with an oil-lit reflector apparatus, was built in...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Odessa Lighthouse stands on Cape Bolshoy Fontan overlooking Odessa Bay on the Black Sea, one of Russia's most historically significant lighthouses. Open record

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Pavlovsky Range Lights

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The first Pavlovsky lighthouse, lit in 1864 inside a fortress, suffered constant damage from the concussion o...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Pavlovsky range lights stand on Cape Pavlovsky south of Kerch, marking the channel through the Kerch Strait. Open record

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Sarych Lighthouse

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Star of the Sailor Sarych (16 59) 151211 ! from First Sevastopol channel on Vimeo .

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Star of the Sailor Sarych (16 59) 151211 ! from First Sevastopol channel on Vimeo. Open record

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Berezan-Ochakiv Range Lights (Dnieper Estuary)

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. These paired range lights guide vessels through the entrance to the Dnieper Estuary, replacing older unlit st...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Berezan-Ochakiv range lights mark the first leg of the Dnieper-Bug Shipping Canal (BDLK) into the Dnieper Estuary near Ochakiv, Ukraine. Open record

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Suvorovsky Light (Dnieper Estuary)

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Built in 1868 to help deep-draft vessels find the Viktorivka range, the Suvorovsky light took the form of a p...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Suvorovsky light was a lighthouse on the Suvorov burial mound northwest of Ochakiv, Ukraine, that helped ships align with the Viktorivka range in the Dnieper Estuary. Open record

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Takil Lighthouse (Takly, Taklynsky)

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Built in 1832-1833 as the second lighthouse in the Kerch Strait after Yenikale, the original fortress-like st...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Takil Lighthouse stands on Cape Takil (Takly), the western entrance point of the southern approach to the Kerch Strait. Open record

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Tendra Lighthouse

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Tendra Lighthouse is a lighthouse host on the Tendra Spit on the northwestern Black Sea coast, near Odessa, a...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Tendra Lighthouse is a lighthouse host on the Tendra Spit on the northwestern Black Sea coast, near Odessa. Open record

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Chushka Range Lights (Kerch Strait)

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This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. Completed in 1913, the paired towers on Chushka Spit were originally gray openwork iron structures (14.8 m fr...

This description is machine-translated and has not yet been reviewed. The Chushka range lights, the newest of the Kerch Strait's range lighthouses, mark the Azov approach leg of the Kerch-Yenikale Canal on Chushka Spit, Russia. Open record