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The lighthouse was automated in 1987 and in 2002 the lighthouse keeper position was eliminated and the lighthouse is now controlled electronically from the mainland. In January 2005, a severe storm breached the bulkhead wall and destroyed the keeper's house. After the keeper's house was repaired its
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The Marstein Lighthouse currently consists of a 17-metre (56 ft) tall square, white, masonry tower with a red roof, and a single-storey service building attached. The light sits at an elevation of 37.5 metres (123 ft) above sea level. It emits a white and red
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bombed the lighthouse on two occasions, 25 July and 1 August 1940, and caused considerable damage. From 1949 to 1950, a new square light tower, a new keeper's house, and a new surrounding, protective, bulkhead were built.
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and it can be seen for about 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi). A secondary light is located at an elevation of 29 metres (95 ft) above sea level and that emits a red light,
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17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi) (white), 10.6 nmi (19.6 km; 12.2 mi) (red) 
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with a period of 4 seconds. The light has an intensity of 850,000
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38 m (125 ft) (white), 29 m (95 ft) (red) 
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municipality. A hotel now operates the facility as a dependency.
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Store Marstein and the Lighthouse on a calm summer day in 2008
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and therefore assists ships going to both the city of
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Coordinates
60°07′48″N 5°00′38″E / 60.1301°N 5.01045°E / 60.1301; 5.01045
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Racon
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Characteristic
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Norwegian
lighthouse
Austevoll
Vestland
Norway
Store Marstein
Stora Kalsøy
Korsfjorden
Bergen
Hardangerfjorden

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