Abramovsky Mayak – a lighthouse set at Cape Abramovsky in Mezen Bay of the White Sea. It maintains safety in the bay and on the way to the Port of Mezen. It was built in 1910s as a wooden house with a tower on its roof where the light source, light-optical device or an oil lamp, was set. The tower height was 14 m; the height of the light above the sea level was 31 m. The house was rebuilt in 1931. In 1989, the lighthouse was switched to the automode from a radioisotope power plant. The visibility is more than 30 km.
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(2017). Abramovsky Mayak. In: The Western Arctic Seas Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia of Seas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25582-8_10002
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