The Republic of Finland (Suomi in Finnish) is a country of northern Europe with coastlines facing south on the Gulf of Finland (Suomenlahti) and west on the Gulf of Bothnia (Pohjanlahti), both arms of the Baltic Sea. Finland also administers the Åland Islands (Ahvenanmaa), an archipelago at the junction of the two gulfs. After centuries of rule by Sweden, Finland was conquered by Russia in 1809 and became an autonomous grand duchy within the Russian Empire. The country declared its independence from Russia at the start of the Russian Revolution in 1917. It lost some of its eastern territory to Russia as a result of World War II but has retained its independence. Finland has a large number of lakes and inland waterways, and this page describes smaller lighthouses found on these waterways. The Finnish word for a lighthouse is majakka ("beacon," plural majakat). Saari is an island, luoto is an islet or skerry, niemi is a cape or headland, niemimaa is a peninsula, lahti is a bay, salmi is a strait, joki is a river, and satama is a port or harbor. Swedish is a second official language in Finland and some of the lighthouses are commonly known by their Swedish names. Lighthouses in Finland are maintained by the Waterways Section of the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency (Liikennevirasto). ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. SU numbers are from the official Finnish light list.
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Saimaa Waterway Lighthouses
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Rastiniemi Light, Saimaa, July 2022 Google Maps photo by Tanjukka K |
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Vuoriluoto Light, Saimaa, July 2004 Google Maps photo by Eerik Hocksell |
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Päijänne Waterway Lighthouses
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Näsijärvi Waterway Lighthouses
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Adjoining pages: East: Lake Ladoga | South: Kymenlaakso | Southwest: Uusimaa
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Posted March 2, 2010. Checked and revised September 9, 2023. Lighthouses: 24. Site copyright 2023 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.