Anda lighthouse
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Anda
is a small island in Norway
, in Nordland
county, in the municipality of Øksnes
. The lighthouse
on the island was built between 1931 and 1933, becoming operational in 1932. It was the last new lighthouse that was built in Norway; when the lighthouse was automated in 1987, it was the last manned lighthouse station in the country. The lighthouse is square and of concrete construction, standing 16 metres tall. It is state-owned, and has historic value as an example of period concrete construction. Although it has been modernised, many original elements remain. The ruins of an outhouse lie nearby.
Anda, Norway
Anda is a small island in the municipality of Øksnes in the Norwegian county of Nordland. It lies in the Vesterålen archipelago, about 5 km north of the northern tip of Langøya, and west of Andøya. It is home to the Anda lighthouse, which was the last lighthouse in Norway to be automated, in 1987...
is a small island in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, in Nordland
Nordland
is a county in Norway in the North Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Nord-Trøndelag in the south, Norrbottens län in Sweden to the east, Västerbottens län to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The county was formerly known as Nordlandene amt. The county administration is...
county, in the municipality of Øksnes
Øksnes
Øksnes is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Langøya, part of the Vesterålen traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Myre....
. The lighthouse
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
on the island was built between 1931 and 1933, becoming operational in 1932. It was the last new lighthouse that was built in Norway; when the lighthouse was automated in 1987, it was the last manned lighthouse station in the country. The lighthouse is square and of concrete construction, standing 16 metres tall. It is state-owned, and has historic value as an example of period concrete construction. Although it has been modernised, many original elements remain. The ruins of an outhouse lie nearby.
External links
- Norsk Fyrhistorisk Forening's web page for http://www.fyr.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=489:anda-fyrstasjon&catid=112:aust-agder&Itemid=587 (in Norwegian).
- nature reserve, contains a picture of the lighthouse (in Norwegian)