Utklippan is a Swedish island group including Södraskär (South skerry), Norraskär (North skerry), and Degerhuvudet. It has been home to a lighthouse since 1789.
Utklippan has been a light station since 1789 when a basket light was in use. The current tower (built in 1870) replaced an older tower built in 1840 on top of an old fortress. The flame ran on colza oil. In 1887 the colza oil lamp was replaced with a kerosene lamp. It has been powered electrically since 1948.
Utklippan was turned into a nature reserve in 1988.[2] The Swedish Maritime Administration owns the lighthouse today. In the summer of 2008 SMA reported that the white main light had been deactivated, as it was no longer considered to be an important lighthouse for commercial shipping. A small passing light remains in use.
Geographyedit
Utklippan consists of three main islands – Södraskär, Norraskär, and Degerhuvudet – in addition to some smaller skerries.[2]
Between Södraskär and Norraskär is a fishing harbour. Today it is protected and mainly used for recreational boats.[2] There are five other houses on the islands, owned by the Swedish National Property Board. One of them is a small hostel.
Despite its remote location, Utklippan is home to varied wildlife including frogs, earless seals, blue mussels, and seaweed. A birding station exists to watch and research migrating birds in the spring and autumn.[2]
The bedrock on Utklippan consists of granite. There are traces of the ice sheet that used to cover the Baltic Sea.[2]
Panoramic view of Utklippan twin islands; view from the small harbour bassin of the north island towards the southeast, 30.07.2009
utklippan, swedish, island, group, including, södraskär, south, skerry, norraskär, north, skerry, degerhuvudet, been, home, lighthouse, since, 1789, lighthouse, lighthouselocationbaltic, southeast, karlskronaswedencoordinates55, 952736, 701429, 952736, 701429t. Utklippan is a Swedish island group including Sodraskar South skerry Norraskar North skerry and Degerhuvudet It has been home to a lighthouse since 1789 Utklippan LighthouseUtklippan LighthouseLocationBaltic Sea Southeast of KarlskronaSwedenCoordinates55 57 10 N 15 42 05 E 55 952736 N 15 701429 E 55 952736 15 701429TowerConstructed1789 first 1840 second Foundationstone basementConstructioncast iron skeletal towerAutomated1972Height30 metres 98 ft Shapeconical skeletal tower with central cylinder balcony and lantern on a stone fortressMarkingsred tower grey lantern dome white fortressPower sourcerapeseed oil kerosene electricity OperatorSwedish Maritime Administration Sjofartsverket 1 Heritagegovernmental listed building LightFirst lit1870 current Deactivated2008 passing light active Focal height31 metres 102 ft Lensmirrors original 4th Fresnel lens current Range23 nautical miles 43 km 26 mi CharacteristicFl 2 WRG 6s current Fl W 15s before deactivation Sweden no SV 6015 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editUtklippan has been a light station since 1789 when a basket light was in use The current tower built in 1870 replaced an older tower built in 1840 on top of an old fortress The flame ran on colza oil In 1887 the colza oil lamp was replaced with a kerosene lamp It has been powered electrically since 1948 Utklippan was turned into a nature reserve in 1988 2 The Swedish Maritime Administration owns the lighthouse today In the summer of 2008 SMA reported that the white main light had been deactivated as it was no longer considered to be an important lighthouse for commercial shipping A small passing light remains in use Geography editUtklippan consists of three main islands Sodraskar Norraskar and Degerhuvudet in addition to some smaller skerries 2 Between Sodraskar and Norraskar is a fishing harbour Today it is protected and mainly used for recreational boats 2 There are five other houses on the islands owned by the Swedish National Property Board One of them is a small hostel Despite its remote location Utklippan is home to varied wildlife including frogs earless seals blue mussels and seaweed A birding station exists to watch and research migrating birds in the spring and autumn 2 The bedrock on Utklippan consists of granite There are traces of the ice sheet that used to cover the Baltic Sea 2 nbsp Panoramic view of Utklippan twin islands view from the small harbour bassin of the north island towards the southeast 30 07 2009 Climate data for Utklippan 2015 2021Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YearMean daily maximum C F 4 1 39 4 4 0 39 2 5 2 41 4 8 1 46 6 12 7 54 9 17 8 64 0 19 9 67 8 20 6 69 1 17 0 62 6 12 6 54 7 9 0 48 2 6 4 43 5 11 4 52 6 Daily mean C F 2 7 36 9 2 6 36 7 3 5 38 3 5 9 42 6 10 2 50 4 15 2 59 4 17 5 63 5 18 3 64 9 15 2 59 4 11 1 52 0 7 6 45 7 5 0 41 0 9 6 49 2 Mean daily minimum C F 1 4 34 5 1 2 34 2 1 8 35 2 3 7 38 7 7 7 45 9 12 7 54 9 15 3 59 5 16 1 61 0 13 4 56 1 9 1 48 4 6 4 43 5 3 5 38 3 7 7 45 9 Source 3 See also edit nbsp Sweden portal nbsp Engineering portal List of lighthouses and lightvessels in SwedenReferences edit Rowlett Russ Lighthouses of Sweden Blekinge Karlskrona Area The Lighthouse Directory University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Retrieved 2016 04 11 a b c d e Utklippan in Swedish Lansstyrelsen Blekinge Retrieved 27 August 2022 SMHI Archived from the original on 2013 02 13 Rowlett Russ Lighthouses of Sweden Kalmar The Lighthouse Directory University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Retrieved 9 September 2008 External links editSjofartsverket Archived 2016 04 08 at the Wayback Machine in English The Swedish Lighthouse Society Utklippans fyr in Norwegian nbsp This European lighthouse related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Utklippan amp oldid 1140200960, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
