The Kyz-Aul lighthouse is located at Cape Kyz-Aul in the south of the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea. In 1875, construction was completed on a tower with alternating black and white coloring on its eight sides, measuring 24.4 m in height and provided with a cast iron spiral staircase inside.
In the 1930s, the lighthouse was equipped with radio equipment for the first time, which was dismantled during the Great Patriotic War and the occupation of Crimea. After the War, the complex was restarted, modernized in 1960, and a two-story light-keeper's building was constructed. It continues to operate to this day.
The postage stamp provides an image of the Kyz-Aul lighthouse against the background of the map of the Crimean Peninsula and the wind rose.
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