Sopot Lighthouse

{{short description|Lighthouse in Poland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox lighthouse

| name = Sopot Lighthouse
Latarnia Morska Sopot

| image_name = Latarnia morska w Sopocie 2012 11 07.jpg

| location = Sopot
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Poland

| coordinates = {{coord|54|26|43.1|N|18|34|13.4|E|display=inline,title}}

| yearbuilt = 1904 (tower)

| yearlit = 1957 (lantern)

| construction = masonry tower

| shape = square tower with pyramidal roof

| marking = unpainted tower

| height = {{convert|33|m|ft}}

| focalheight = {{convert|25|m|ft}}

| range = {{convert|7|nmi|0}}

| characteristic = Fl W 4s.

}}

The Sopot Lighthouse is a navigation facility on the Polish Baltic coast, located in Sopot.{{Cite rowlett|pol2|accessdate=2016-03-16}} It was built in 1903–04 as a part of the Balneological Institute. The extent of its focal length of light has since been reduced to {{convert|7|nmi|0}},{{cite ngall|116||95}} which, according to existing criteria, no longer formally makes it a lighthouse, although it is still called so. It is open to visitors.[http://www.latarnie.pti.pl/content/sopot.htm Polskie Latarnie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113111606/http://www.latarnie.pti.pl/content/sopot.htm |date=13 January 2010 }} (in Polish)