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Managing Organization:
Estonian Maritime Administration
Website: http://195.50.203.61:8010/TORNID00?Lan=935
Tower Height: 174
Height of Focal Plane: 171
Characteristic and Range: White flash every 15 seconds, visible for 15 nautical miles.
Description of Tower: Conical concrete tower, lower part white, upper part and lantern black.
This light is operational
Earlier Towers?
1646: Wooden tower, moved that year to a safer location. 1807: White, conical 115-foot stone tower. 1862: Wooden tower. 1863: White square pyramidal 116-foot brick tower (damaged in 1944 and later demolished). 1949: Square wooden tower (temporary).
Date Established: 1646
Date Present Tower Built: 1960
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
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