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Lighthouse · 1933

Kiipsaare Lighthouse

Kiipsaare Lighthouse

When Kiipsaare lighthouse was built of reinforced concrete in 1933 on the Harilaid peninsula, it stood well inland. But the sea has been eating the shore: in 1988 the waterline was still some distance away, by the early 1990s the waves reached the tower and it began to lean. The generator was removed in 1992, and the tower was kept as an unlit daymark until 2009. Now it stands tilted in the surf off the tip of the peninsula, in Vilsandi National Park, often topped by cormorants. It played a key role in the 2003 Estonian war film Somnambuul.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Kui Kiipsaare tuletorn 1933. aastal Harilaiu poolsaarele raudbetoonist ehitati, seisis see kaldast tükk maad eemal. Meri on aga randa uuristanud: 1988. aastal oli veepiir veel mõne maa kaugusel, 1990. aastate alguseks jõudsid lained tornini ja see hakkas kalduma. 1992. aastal võeti generaator ära ning 2009. aastani oli torn kirjas tuleta päevamärgina. Nüüd seisab see viltu poolsaare tipu lähedal vees Vilsandi rahvuspargis, tipus sageli kormoranid. Torn mängis olulist rolli 2003. aasta Eesti sõjafilmis „Somnambuul“.

Map of the area around Kiipsaare Lighthouse
58.49583° N, 21.84111° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiipsaare_Lighthouse ↗

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