Buholmråsa Lighthouse
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The Buholmråsa lighthouse is a lighthouse
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....

 in the municipality of Osen
Osen
is a municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Fosen region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Steinsdalen...

 in Sør-Trøndelag
Sør-Trøndelag
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 county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The lighthouse is located in the Svesfjorden on the small island Sønnaholmen about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of Seter
Seter, Sør-Trøndelag
Seter is a village in the municipality of Osen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located along the Svesfjorden in the northern part of the municipality, although it has no road connection to the southern part of the municipality. The only road connection is to Flatanger to the north.Seter is...

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The 23.5 metres (77.1 ft) tall lighthouse is red with one white stripe and it can be seen for 17.1 nmi (31.7 km; 19.7 mi). It was built in 1917 and automated in 1994. The Kya lighthouse
Kya Lighthouse
The Kya lighthouse is a lighthouse in the municipality of Osen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lighthouse is located on the small island of Kya in the ocean northwest of Seter. The Buholmråsa lighthouse is located nearby, closer to the mainland....

lies on a small island in the ocean 13.5 kilometres (8.4 mi) to the northwest of Buholmråsa lighthouse.
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