Voslapp Rear Range Light

Voslapp Rear Range Light
*Voslapp Oberfeuer*
Location	Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Coordinates	53°34′53.8″N 8°7′51.1″E / 53.581611°N 8.130861°E
Tower
Constructed	1962
Foundation	26 posts, ø 50 centimetres (20 in), approx. 15.5 metres (51 ft) long
Construction	concrete tower
Height	201 feet (61 m)
Shape	cylindrical tower with three galleries
Markings	tower painted with red and white horizontal bands
Operator	WSA Wilhelmshaven
Light
Focal height	198 feet (60 m)
Intensity	1,590,000 cd
Range	27 nautical miles (50 km; 31 mi)
Characteristic	white light, 3s on, 3s off, synchronized with Voslapp Front Range Light

Voslapp Rear Range Light (German: Voslapp Oberfeuer) is an active lighthouse and range light in Voslapp, state of Lower Saxony, Germany. At a height of 201 feet (61 m) it is the twenty-second tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world.^[3] It is located 4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi) south-southwest of Voslapp Front Range Light, behind the dike at the village of Voslapp, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Wilhelmshaven.

The tower is 4.5 metres (15 ft) in diameter. The lamp used is a 250 W lamp.

The Voslapp Range Lights replaced a single lighthouse which was built in 1907.

The site is open, but the tower is closed to the public.

References

^ According to List of Lights. The Lighthouse Directory has 197 feet (60 m).
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Borkum to Wilhelmshaven". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

List of Lights, Pub. 114: British Isles, English Channel and North Sea (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2010. p. 160.
Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Borkum to Wilhelmshaven". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"RFL Voslapp". wsa-wilhelmshaven.de (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2010.

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[1] According to List of Lights. The Lighthouse Directory has 197 feet (60 m).

[2] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Germany: Borkum to Wilhelmshaven". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

[3] Rowlett, Russ. "The Tallest Lighthouses". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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v t e Lighthouses and lightvessels in Germany
Italics indicate inactive sites.
North Sea	Borkum Great Light Campen Pilsum Minsener Oog Roter Sand Alte Weser Hohe Weg Voslapp Rear Range Light Bremerhaven Scharhörnbake Great Tower Neuwerk Kugelbake Blankenese range lights High Low Heligoland Amrum Rotes Kliff Kampen Olhörn Oland Dagebüll Westerheversand Büsum
Baltic Sea	Bülk Neuland Fehmarnbelt Lightship Warnemünde Dornbusch Cape Arkona
Lake Constance	Lindau
Land	Cologne
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