Slettnes Lighthouse

Slettnes Lighthouse is the northernmost lighthouse at the European mainland. It is positioned in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark County, Norway. It sits alongside the Barents Sea about three kilometers 1.9 mi north of the village of Gamvik on the northern coast of the Nordkinn Peninsula. The 39-metre 128 ft lighthouse is the most effective cast iron lighthouse in Finnmark County. This is the easternmost of the three Nordkapp area lighthouses, and it's miles frequently considered the North Cape Light, marking the "top" of Europe. Fruholmen Lighthouse is placed approximately 500 metres 0.31 mi farther north, on the island of Ingoya, however the Slettnes Lighthouse is the northernmost lighthouse at the mainland of Scandinavia.

This lighthouse was built from 1903 to 1905. The round cast iron tower is 39 metres 128 ft tall and it's far painted red with two white horizontal bands. The light on top emits one lengthy 2.Five sec white flash every 20 seconds. The light burns from 12 August till 24 April every year. It would not burn throughout the summer season due to the middle of the night sun. In 1922 the lighthouse got a foghorn with a siren, which gave a sign every thirty seconds, supporting in fog and awful visibility. The foghorn might be heard in form of a one to 2 tone sign with quite a number 6 nautical miles 11 km; 6.Nine mi. The fog horn was in use until 1985. The lighthouse was heavily damaged for the duration of World War II through German troops, however it become painstakingly restored after the warfare.