Bengtskär
Bengtskär is a skerry 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Hanko, and part of the municipality of Dragsfjärd. This rocky skerry is the southernmost inhabited place in Finland, and is reached by ferry from the village of Kasnäs.
The lighthouse on the skerry is the highest one (52 m or 171 ft) in the Nordic countries. It was built in 1906, and after falling into disrepair in the 1980s, it was reopened in 1995 as Finland's first lighthouse museum.[1]
The lighthouse was bombarded in World War I, and attacked again in World War II.
References
- ^ "History". Bengtskär. Bengtskär Ltd. 2009. http://www.bengtskar.fi/history.htm. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
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Coordinates: 59°42′N 022°30′E / 59.7°N 22.5°E
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