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Kunda lighthouse/ 144-01-1998

A settlement first emerged at the mouth of the Kunda river on Estonia's northern shore in 1805, and a beacon was erected there to facilitate entry inot the harbour. Several improvements and a houndred years later, a lighthouse was built at the Kunda harbour, nearly an exact copy of a previous wooden lighthouse erected there in 1896. The base was made with dressed local limestone, with the board lining and the upper part of the gallery painted white. It stands 18.6 m above sea level and 17 m from the ground. Today the lighthouse is no longer used as a navigationl sign. The location of the lighthouse is 59°31',1 latitude N and 26°32',7 longitude E.