Kaura Lighthouse
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Kaura 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....

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

 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 22 metres (72.2 ft) tall tower is located on the small island of Kaura in the mouth of the Brandsfjorden about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) west of Bessaker
Bessaker
Bessaker is a village in the municipality of Roan in the northern part of Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located north of the Brandsfjorden, about a drive to the municipal center of Roan and about a drive to the municipal center of neighboring Osen...

and 8 kilometres (5 mi) northwest of the municipal center of Roan.

The lighthouse was built in 1931 and automated in 1959. It can be seen for 11.1 nmi (20.6 km; 12.8 mi) and it has a flashing light in white, red, and green.
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