Aniva lighthouse

One of the most beautiful and hard-to-reach abandoned lighthouses in the world is located in the southern part of the Sakhalin Island. The lighthouse on Cape A…

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Aniva Lighthouse (Sakhalin, Russia)

Lighthouse Aniva Sakhalin, Sea of Okhotsk 1939. Active; focal plane 40 m (131 ft); two white flashes every 24 s. 31 m (102 ft) round concrete tower with lantern and gallery, painted with black and …

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Aniva Lighthouse (Sakhalin) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go

Ever wondered what a beautiful love story is that of a lighthouse and a sea? The lighthouse, Tall and statuesque, looks over the sea. And the mighty sea in all her glory swooshes around him. He kno…

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Lighthouse on Sakhalin island Lighthouse

This navigational structure was built in 1939 on a small rock called Sivuchya near the hardly accessible Cape Aniva. The southern part of Sakhalin was under the reign of Japan back then. Fierce currents, frequent fogs and sunken rocks make this area very challenging for navigating. There were many shipwrecks in these waters before the Karafuto Prefecture authorities decided to build a lighthouse here.