Sommers Light
Sommers in 2007. The lighthouse is the truss construction, while the other constructions are antennae and radar masts. | |
| Location | Ostrov Mayak (a skerry outside the Gulf of Vyborg), Russia |
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| Coordinates | 60°12′26″N 27°38′29″E / 60.2071°N 27.6415°E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1808 (first) 1866 (second) |
| Foundation | concrete |
| Construction | steel skeletal tower |
| Height | 37 metres (121 ft) |
| Shape | square pyramidal tower with balcony and light |
| Markings | red tower, the upper two thirds form a slatted daymark painted red with white bands |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1945 (current) |
| Focal height | 53 metres (174 ft) |
| Characteristic | Fl (2) W 10s. |
Sommers (Russian: Соммерс; Finnish: Someri; Swedish: Sommarö) is an islet and a lighthouse in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea, just outside the Gulf of Vyborg, about 19 kilometres south of Virolahti, Finland, but it is now possessed by Russia. The lighthouse is situated on a rocky skerry, which is elevated a maximum of 16 metres above the Baltic Sea.