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Selnes lighthouse: L4746 Austurland 12.5 m (41 ft) 9 m (30 ft) Gray square tower and lantern house. Active Streitisviti: L4749.2 Austurland 1984 17 m (56 ft) 12 m (39 ft) Black/white alternating vertical stripes on hexagonal tower. Active Karlstaðatangaviti: L4750 Austurland 1922 11 m (36 ft) 5 m (16 ft) Orange square tower, red lantern house.
The Bureau of Land Management manages the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, including the lighthouse. The Yaquina Head Interpretive Center opened in 1997 and includes exhibits about the history and preservation of the lighthouse, and the marine life found in tide pools and along the coast. The Center includes a gift shop.
Þrídrangaviti Lighthouse (transliterated as Thrídrangaviti) is an active lighthouse 7.2 kilometres (4.5 miles) off the southwest coast of Iceland, in the archipelago of Vestmannaeyjar. It is often described as one of the most isolated lighthouses in the world.
Thridrangar lighthouse, known as one of the most isolated lighthouses in the world, was originally built by hand between 1938 and 1939 and at the time was accessible only by scaling Image credits ...
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The peninsula has an elevation of 120 metres (390 ft), [4] and the Dyrhólaey Lighthouse, built in 1927, sits at the top of the formation facing the sea. [ 5 ] It is commonly asserted that Dyrhólaey is the most southernly point in Iceland , in fact, Kötlutangi ( 63°23'N , 018°45'W) on the sands to the east of Dyrhólaey, is the southernmost ...