Pakri Lighthouse

Location	Pakri Peninsula, Harju County, Estonia
Coordinates	59°23′15″N 24°02′16″E / 59.38740255°N 24.0377221°E / 59.38740255; 24.0377221
Tower
Constructed	1724 (first) 1760 (second) 1808 (third) 1889 (current)
Construction	brick
Automated	1996
Height	52 metres (171 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	red tower and black lantern
Heritage	architectural monument
Light
First lit	1889
Focal height	73 metres (240 ft)
Lens	hyperradiant Fresnel lens
Range	12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi)
Characteristic	LFl W 15 s.
Estonia no.	EVA 380[1]

Pakri Lighthouse (Estonian: Pakri tuletorn) is a lighthouse located on the Pakri Peninsula (on the coast of the Baltic Sea), Harju County, in Estonia.^[2]

The first known lighthouse to be built on the Pakri Peninsula was in 1724. The location of the lighthouse was allegedly picked by Tsar Peter the Great.^[3] In the year of 1889, the current lighthouse, made out of limestone, was built 80 metres away from the old one. The Pakri old lighthouse was partially demolished, and used as a paraffin store. The lighthouse and lighthouse keeper's house were severely damaged during World War II; however, these structures have survived, and in 2001 the lighthouse was fully renovated.^[4]

• List of lighthouses in Estonia

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