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Daily Mirror
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Sophie Goodall

Inside creepy abandoned ‘nuclear powered’ lighthouse left to rot on remote island

Every year, hundreds of tourists make the perilous climb to the top of a degrading nuclear lighthouse in far-eastern Russia.

The abandoned structure is perched on a remote rock at Cape Aniva, which requires a 90-minute drive from the nearest settlement, with tourists then having to embark on a two-hour boat journey to get to the final destination.

Once arrived at the location, they then have to use ropes to rock climb their way up to the base of the lighthouse, which stands at 100ft above the sea. Being built nine-storeys tall, in an exposed position, means the light could be beamed up to 19 nautical miles away.

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