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Adziogol Lighthouse

Coordinates: 46°29′40″N 32°13′58″E / 46.4944335°N 32.2327709°E / 46.4944335; 32.2327709

Adziogol Lighthouse (Ukrainian: Аджигольський маяк; Russian: Аджигольский маяк) is a graceful vertical lattice hyperboloid structure of steel bars, 70 meters high.

Designed by Vladimir Shukhov in 1910, it is situated in Dneprovsky Liman firth about 30 km from Kherson, Ukraine. Its light can be seen for up to 17 nautical miles (31 km).

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