The Tarkhankut Lighthouse is located in Crimea (so to the Black Sea) at the Tarkhankut Cape 5 km southwest of the resort village of Olenivka. The construction of the this lighthouse and its twin tower on the Khersones peninsula started in 1816 to ensure safe sailing in the area. The Inkerman stone, of which the building is made, was mined near Sevastopol and transported by barges. At the end of the year, it looked like a conic 36-metre-high stone tower with a wooden 3.3-metre-high decagonal lantern. The lighthouse became operational in 1817 after its lighting system had been repaired.
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