Nærøysund Lighthouse is a coastal 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....

 in the municipality of Vikna

Vikna

Vikna is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rørvik. Other villages in Vikna include Austafjord, Garstad, and Valøya.-General information:...

 in Nord-Trøndelag

Nord-Trøndelag

is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...

, 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...

. This lighthouse replaced the Prestøy Lighthouse in Nærøy

Nærøy

Nærøy is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. Nærøy is part of the Namdalen region. Norway's smallest town, Kolvereid, is the administration centre of the municipality...

 (across the Nærøysundet strait) that was in operation from 1841 until 1904. This lighthouse was operational from 1904 until 1984 when the old lighthouse was decommissioned and a new automated light tower was built adjacent to the building.

Nærøysund lighthouse stands on the eastern shore of the island of Inner-Vikna

Inner-Vikna

Inner-Vikna is the largest of the three major islands in the municipality of Vikna in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The island is located in the eastern part of the municipality and it includes Rørvik, the administrative centre of Vikna.Norwegian County Road 770 runs across the island, and also...

, just south of Rørvik

Rørvik

Rørvik is a port village in the municipality of Vikna in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The village also serves as the administrative centre of the municipality. It is on the eastern side of the Vikna archipelago on the island of Inner-Vikna. The village has a population of 2,721. The...

, along the Nærøysundet strait. The light tower is 13.9 metres (45.6 ft) tall. The occulting light has 6 second cycle, emitting a 26,100 candela

Candela

The candela is the SI base unit of luminous intensity; that is, power emitted by a light source in a particular direction, weighted by the luminosity function . A common candle emits light with a luminous intensity of roughly one candela...

light. The light can be seen for about 12.7 nmi (23.5 km; 14.6 mi).