Suomen leijona (), The Lion of Finland, is a marker light and radio beacon in the Northern Baltic Sea operated by the Finnish Maritime Administration, located approximately Southwest of the island of Utö, six kilometers outside the Finnish territorial waters but inside the country's exclusive economic zone. Suomen leijona lighthouse The original Suomen leijona (), The Lion of Finland, was a caisson lighthouse; a steel tower resting on a concrete caisson, equipped with a helicopter platform and powered by a wind generator. The lighthouse had a futuristic design with a helipad on the top of a downward tapering tower, which made great demands on the foundation and the bottom of the tower. In 1992 it was discovered that the foundation had been under-mined and that the lighthouse was threatening to collapse. The problem was remedied by filling with rubble, but the problem recurred in 2004. Deemed too dangerous to repair the lighthouse, it was demolished in 2005 and replaced by the much smaller, marker light / radio beacon. References External links the lighthouse tower at Kotka, similar to the original light-house Lighthouses completed in 1987 Towers completed in 1987 Lighthouses in Finland