Flatholmen Lighthouse

There is a tiny island, Flatholmen, which lies about a mile off the coast of Jaeren, in Southwest Norway. The nearest harbor is Tananger, and across a peninsula, in the more sheltered water of the fjords, lies the great port of Stavanger. One of many lighthouse islands, Flatholmen shows the safe channel between the mainland and the reefs which lie further west, around the larger island of Rott, bird sanctuary. A lighthouse was first built on Flatholmen in 1862; a boathouse added in 1863, an outbuilding, including a laundry, in 1894.