Marjaniemi Lighthouse (Finnish: Marjaniemen majakka) is a lighthouse located in the village of Marjaniemi at the westernmost point of Hailuoto island on the Gulf of Bothnia.[2] The lighthouse is located approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of Oulu. The lighthouse was designed by Axel Hampus Dalström as his fourth lighthouse and it was first lit in 1872.[3]
 Marjaniemi Lighthouse and Pilot Station | |
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| Location | Marjaniemi, Hailuoto, Finland |
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| Coordinates | 65°02′24.4″N 24°33′41.5″E / 65.040111°N 24.561528°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1871[1] |
| Construction | masonry tower |
| Automated | 1962[1] |
| Height | 25.0 m (82.0 ft)[1] |
| Shape | cylindrical, three-segment tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white tower, red lantern, green lantern dome |
| Power source | rapeseed oil, kerosene, acetylene, electricity  |
| Heritage | protected building in Rakennusperintörekisteri |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1872[1] |
| Focal height | 30.2 m (99 ft)[1] |
| Lens | Fresnel lens[1] |
| Range | 19 NM (35 km; 22 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl (2) W 20s. |
The tower is brick masonry, and has 110 steps inside with no intermediate floors. Originally the light was equipped with a Fresnel lens system, and it displayed a white light towards a sector clockwise from south to northeast. There were two lighthouse keepers and a master until 1962 when the lighthouse was automated. A pilot station was built next to the tower, currently the pilot station serves as a hotel.
The lighthouse also houses a smaller sector light that is used to guide vessels to and from the fishing harbour. Today the lighthouse also houses a webcam.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Hailuoto Marjaniemi (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1995- present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) |
4.4 (39.9) |
10.8 (51.4) |
18.3 (64.9) |
28.4 (83.1) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.5 (88.7) |
29.0 (84.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
6.7 (44.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.8 (19.8) |
−7.9 (17.8) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
0.1 (32.2) |
5.9 (42.6) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.2 (61.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
10.4 (50.7) |
4.5 (40.1) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
3.4 (38.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −33.6 (−28.5) |
−33.6 (−28.5) |
−28.7 (−19.7) |
−18.5 (−1.3) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
1.6 (34.9) |
6.6 (43.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−8.7 (16.3) |
−21.3 (−6.3) |
−30.5 (−22.9) |
−33.6 (−28.5) |
| Source 1: FMI normals 1991-2020[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Record highs and lows 1995- present[5] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Laurell, Seppo (2001). Suomen majakat • Finska fyrar • Finnish lighthouses. Jyväskylä: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Nemo. pp. 71–74. ISBN 952-5180-21-2.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Northern Finland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ^ "TripBucket - See Marjaniemi Lighthouse, Finland". Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ "FMI normals 1991-2020". fmi.fi. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "FMI open data". FMI. Retrieved 22 June 2023.