590B - Lighthouses III - The Skarðsfjara lighthouse - Self-adhesive

In 1959 a 19 meters high iron frame was erected at Skarðsfjara on Meðallandssandur. This lighthouse was equipped with a 3 meters high octagonal Swedish lantern, a 500 mm dioptical lens and gaslighting equipment previously used in the Galtarviti lighthousue. In 1968 was a concrete machine cabin was built close to the lighthouse and fitted with a lighting machine and equipment for the radio beacon. That same year the lighthouse was powered by electricity. In 1973 the lighthouse was fitted with radar response equipment while GPS correction and automatic meteorological station came in 1993. The Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration took over the operation of the beacon in 1994. Engineer Steingrímur Arason desgined the lighthouse.