Terningen Lighthouse is a 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 Hitra

Hitra

Hitra is a municipality and an island in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality covers the island of Hitra and several smaller islands, and is part of the Fosen region...

 in Sør-Trøndelag

Sør-Trøndelag

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 county, 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...

. The lighthouse is located in the Trondheimsleia

Trondheimsleia

The Trondheimsleia is a strait that runs between the islands of Smøla and Hitra and the mainland municipalities of Aure, Hemne, Snillfjord, and Agdenes in Møre og Romsdal and Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The long strait has several fjords which branch off it including the Ramsøyfjorden,...

 near the mouth of the Hemnfjorden

Hemnfjorden

The Hemnfjorden is a fjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The long fjord flows south from the Trondheimsleia and forms the boundary between the municipalities of Hemne and Snillfjord...

, just west of the island of Hemnskjela

Hemnskjela

Hemnskjela is an island in the municipality of Snillfjord in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Trondheimsleia at the mouth of the Hemnfjorden, just south of Sandstad, Hitra....

, and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwest of the village of Sandstad

Sandstad

Sandstad is a village and former municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the present-day municipality of Hitra. The village of Sandstad lies on along the Trondheimsleia on the southeastern coast of the island of Hitra, about southwest of Hestvika. The north entrance to...

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The 12 metres (39.4 ft) tall lighthouse has an occulting light that flashes white, red, and green. The light can be seen for up to 13.4 nmi (24.8 km; 15.4 mi). The light is activated from July 21 until May 16 each year. The light is inactive and unnecessary during the late spring and early summer due to the midnight sun

Midnight sun

The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon occurring in summer months at latitudes north and nearby to the south of the Arctic Circle, and south and nearby to the north of the Antarctic Circle where the sun remains visible at the local midnight. Given fair weather, the sun is visible for a continuous...

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