Vuurtoreneiland
Sign in to saveVuurtoreneiland ("Lighthouse Island") is a small island in the IJmeer, Netherlands, just off the coast of Durgerdam. The island's main function is as a base for a lighthouse; a military fort on the island was abandoned in the 1930s.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including 19th century in Amsterdam, 20th century in Amsterdam and 21st century in Amsterdam.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public space
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Amsterdam
- Body of water
- IJmeer
- Location
- Durgerdam
- Image
- Vuurtoreneiland.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vuurtoreneiland
- inception
- 1700-00-00
- street address
- Vuurtoreneiland 1-3, 1026 CG Amsterdam
- postal code
- 1026 CG
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History of lighthouse and fort
- Current status
- See also
- References
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Vuurtoreneiland ("Lighthouse Island") is a small island in the IJmeer, Netherlands, just off the coast of Durgerdam. The island's main function is as a base for a lighthouse; a military fort on the island was abandoned in the 1930s.
==History of lighthouse and fort== The island's lighthouse has been in operation since 1700; it is named for the opposite point on the mainland, ''Hoek van 't IJ'', or "Corner of the IJ." The first lighthouse was a square, stone building. Then, in 1809, the island was equipped with a military post, which, in 1844, was expanded to a real fort, which, in 1883, became a part of the Stelling van Amsterdam. Finally, the lighthouse was replaced with a cast-iron construction in 1893, which is still standing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vuurtoreneiland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations