Lighthouse of the Week, August 6-12, 2023: Mykines Hólmur Lighthouse, Faroe Islands, Denmark

 

I've featured one previous lighthouse on the Faroe Islands, the Kallur lighthouse, which has been photographed a lot.

So I went to the Lighthouse Directory, naturally, and perused the various lighthouses on the Faroe Islands. They look quite similar (and many are distinguished by being stabilized by wires due to the high winds).  I decided on this one, and then discovered it is one of the more visited lighthouses, as the island it is situated on is a Faroe Islands tourist destination.  So it was a good choice.

Here is the location of this lighthouse.

It's actually on an islet, Mykineshólmur, that's next to the larger island of Mykines, which is the westernmost island of the Faroes, so this is the westernmost point of Denmark. There is a small footbridge connecting them, which is how the lighthouse can be reached, after taking the ferry from the main islands. How you get to the main islands is another story.

So let's get the main points of information for this one.

"1909. Active; focal plane 125 m (410 ft); three white flashes every 20 s. 14 m (46 ft) round cylindrical cast iron tower with lantern and gallery, painted white; lantern roof painted red. 2nd order (?) Fresnel lens in use. Guy wires have been added to support the lighthouse against the constant winds."

Below are photographs and a video - the lighthouse appears at about 11:30 into the video. Most of the pictures are taken from about the same location, so I was lucky to find one that wasn't. The views look back at the rest of the archipelago;  I would think that the view in the other direction is just out to sea.

 

Below, the video.