Stanislav Range Front Light or Small Adzhyhol Lighthouse is an active lighthouse and range light, located on a concrete pier on a tiny islet about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west northwest of Rybalce, about 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Kherson, Ukraine. Together with Adziogol lighthouse, located 6.49 kilometres (4.03 mi) 109° from it, it serves guiding ships entering the Dnieper River.
 Stanislav Range Front Light, 2019 | |
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| Location | Kherson Oblast, Ukraine |
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| Coordinates | 46°30′43″N 32°9′4″E / 46.51194°N 32.15111°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1911 |
| Construction | steel tower |
| Height | 85 feet (26 m) |
| Shape | circular hyperboloid tower with central cylinder, double balcony, observation room and lantern |
| Markings | red tower |
| Operator | Gosgidrografiya[1] |
| Heritage | State Register of Immovable Monuments of Ukraine  |
| Light | |
| Focal height | 79 feet (24 m) |
| Range | 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) |
| Characteristic | F R on request, visible only on range line |
| Ukraine no. | UA-1000 |
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The lighthouse is a vertical lattice hyperboloid structure of steel bars, designed in 1910 by Vladimir Shukhov. A watch room is enclosed by the structure, and a one-storey lighthouse keeper's house adjoins the lighthouse.
The site of the tower is accessible only by boat. The site is open to the public but the tower is closed.
See also
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References
edit- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Ukraine: Mykolaiv Area". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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