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Name: Brämön Light   Map it!

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Nearest Town or City:
Björkön, , Sweden

Location: Eastern tip of island of Brämön, southern Bothnia.

Managing Organization:
Swedish National Maritime Administration

Tower Height: 53

Height of Focal Plane: 102

Characteristic and Range: Occulting twice every 20 seconds; range 18 (white), 15 (red), and 13 (green) nautical miles.

Description of Tower: Cylindrical concrete tower with black and white bands.

This light is operational

Earlier Towers?
1859: Cylindrical stone tower (lantern transferred to new tower).

Date Established: 1859

Date Present Tower Built: 1948

Optics: Second-order Fresnel lens.

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? Grounds only.

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