Sletterhage Fyr

Museum in Denmark

Sletterhage Lighthouse is located in Denmark on the southern tip of the Djursland peninsula protruding into the Kattegat between Denmark and Sweden at the entrance to the Baltic Sea. The concrete lighthouse was built in 1894 to help guide ships to and from the Port of Aarhus, via a shipping lane close to the lighthouse isthmus. After automation, the lighthouse keeper buildings were sold to a private owner. Still, they were reacquired for public use through intervention by Skov- og Naturstyrelsen, the Danish Forest and Nature Agency. Under an agreement with the local Syddjurs municipality, the

From Sletterhage Lighthouse on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Coordinates:

56.10°N, 10.51°E

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