The Adziogol Lighthouse[3] (Ukrainian: Аджигольський маяк), also known as Stanislav–Adzhyhol Lighthouse or Stanislav Range Rear light, is one of two vertical lattice hyperboloid structures of steel bars, serving as active lighthouses in Dnieper Estuary, Ukraine. It is located about 30 km (19 mi) west of the city of Kherson. At a height of 211 feet (64 m), it is the sixteenth-tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world[4] as well as the tallest in Ukraine.
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| Location | Kherson Oblast Ukraine |
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| Coordinates | 46°29′32.54″N 32°13′57.35″E / 46.4923722°N 32.2325972°E |
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| Constructed | 1911 |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | skeletal steel |
| Height | 211 feet (64 m)[1] |
| Shape | circular hyperboloid tower with central cylinder, double balcony and lantern |
| Markings | red tower |
| Operator | Derzhhydrohrafiya |
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| Focal height | 221 feet (67 m)[2] |
| Range | 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) |
| Characteristic | F W on request, visible only on range line |
| Ukraine no. | UA-1001 |
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Location
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It is located on a concrete pier on a tiny islet in the combined Dnieper-Bug Estuary, which extends eastward into the Dnieper Estuary, a part of the Dnieper River delta, about 2.5 km (1.6 mi) north of the village of Rybalche (Skadovsk Raion) and south of the Cape of Adzhyhol, for which it is named. Together with the Stanislav Range Front Light (Small Adzhyhol Lighthouse), it serves as a range light, guiding ships entering the Dnieper River or the Southern Buh River within the vast Dnieper-Bug Estuary.
Details
editThe lighthouse was designed in 1910[5] and built in 1911 by Vladimir Shukhov. The one-story keeper's house sits inside the base of the tower.
The site of the tower is accessible only by boat. The site is open to the public but the tower is closed.
On 22 July 2022, the lighthouse was damaged by a Russian missile attack, 3 rockets hit the lighthouse.[6]
See also
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References
edit- ^ According to List of Lights. 210 feet (64 m) according to The Lighthouse Directory. 68 metres (223 ft) according to Great Buildings.
- ^ According to List of Lights. 220 feet (67 m) according to The Lighthouse Directory.
- ^ Avery, Derek (2003). Victorian and Edwardian Architecture. London: Chaucer. p. 136.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ Suchov, Vladimir Grigor'evic (2003). "Berechnung eines Leuchtturms mit bis zu 68 m lichter Höhe nach dem System des Ingenieurs V. G. Suchov" [Calculation of a lighthouse lights up to 68 m height under the system of the engineer V. G. Sukhov] (PDF) (in German). Universität Stuttgart. doi:10.18419/opus-5872.
- ^ "Мешканці Херсонщини повідомляють, що росіяни влучили ракетами в найвищий маяк України". unian.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 28 April 2023.
Further reading
edit- Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Russia: Crimea (Krym)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2009. p. 311.
- "Adziogol Lighthouse – Vladimir G. Schuchov – Great Buildings Online". greatbuildings.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2010. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- Rainer Graefe: “Vladimir G. Šuchov 1853–1939 – Die Kunst der sparsamen Konstruktion.”, S.192, Stuttgart, DVA, 1990, ISBN 3-421-02984-9. [1]
- Peter Gössel, Gabriele Leuthäuser, Eva Schickler: “Architecture in the 20th century”, Taschen Verlag; 1990, ISBN 3-8228-1162-9 and ISBN 3-8228-0550-5
- Kevin Matthews, "The Great Buildings Collection", CD-ROM, Artifice, 2001, ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.
- Elizabeth Cooper English: “Arkhitektura i mnimosti”: The origins of Soviet avant-garde rationalist architecture in the Russian mystical-philosophical and mathematical intellectual tradition”, a dissertation in architecture, 264p., University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
External links
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Media related to Stanislav-Adziogol (Rear) Lighthouse at Wikimedia Commons- Adziogol Lighthouse – video, 2010
- Photos of Adzhyhol Lighthouse.
- Adzhyhol lighthouses and the mouth of Dnieper Archived 23 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine. VeniVidi.ru
