- Ribeflua
- Date unknown. Active; focal plane 7 m (23 ft); white, red or green
light depending on direction, occulting three times every 10 s. 9 m (30 ft) lantern and gallery mounted on tripod piles. Gallery painted white, lantern roof red. Trabas has Wöhrn's photo, Bash has a photo, and Google has a satellite view. Located on a shoal in the entrance to the Trondheimfjord about 5 km (3 mi) southwest of Uthaug. Accessible only by boat. Site open,
tower closed. NF-472700; Admiralty L1558; NGA 8192.
- Sandholmen
- Date unknown. Active; focal plane 11.5 m (38 ft); white, red or green light
depending on direction, 3 s on, 3 s off. 6.5 m (21 ft) square skeletal tower, covered with siding, with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white, lantern roof red. Trabas has Wöhrn's photo, Herman Jelstad has a photo, and Google has a satellite view. Located on a skerry about 5 km (3 mi) west of the Kjeungskjær lighthouse. Accessible only by boat. Site open,
tower closed. NF-473000; Admiralty L1561; NGA 8188.
- Kjeungskjær
- 1880. Active; focal plane 17 m (56 ft); white, red or green light
depending on direction, occulting once every 6 s. 20 m (66 ft) octagonal
cylindrical stone tower with lantern and gallery, incorporating keeper's
quarters. Entire lighthouse painted red. A Fresnel lens installed in 1906 continues in use. Reidar Bakken's 2023 photo is at right, Trabas has Boucher's photo, Rune Halvorsen has a 2011 photo, Claußen has a photo,
Bob Richardson has a 2008 photo,
Bash has a 2010 photo, Wikimedia has additional photos, Marinas.com has fine aerial
photos, and Google has a satellite view. This integral design is unique among Norwegian lighthouses.
The original roof failed to withstand the weather, so the top of the lighthouse was rebuilt in 1906, raising the height of the structure by 3 m (10 ft). Overnight accommodations in the lighthouse are normally available (reservations must be made well in advance). The lighthouse is closed while it is under restoration in 2022-23; it may have reopened in 2024. Located on a rocky reef about 3 km (2 mi) west of Uthaug. Accessible
only by boat, but there should be an excellent view from the Breidablikkveien,
the coastal road extending westward from Uthaug. Site open, tower
may be open to paying guests. Site manager: Kjeungen Kystlag (Kjeungskjær Fyr
). ARLHS NOR-137; NF-472900; Admiralty L1560; NGA 8200.
- * Uthaug (2)
- Late 2020. Active; focal plane 7 m (23 ft); white, red or green
light depending on direction, 3 s on, 3 s off. 6 m (20 ft)
hexagonal fiberglass tower colored white with two black horizontal bands; roof is red. Audun Eriksen has an extreme closeup photo taken in December 2020 and Google has a 2022 street view. The earlier light was a square pyramidal tower with lantern and gallery, painted white. A 2017 photo is available, Lightphotos.net has a photo, Johan Brattheim has a distant August 2020 street view, Arve
Johnsen has a nighttime photo of the lighthouse in action,
and Google has a satellite view. Uthaug is a small village with a large fish processing facility. Located at the end of the west breakwater at Uthaug. Site open,
tower closed. ARLHS NOR-422; NF-473300; Admiralty L1562; NGA 8204.
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Kjeungskjær Light, Ørland, July 2023
Google Maps photo by Reidar Bakken |