It sits along the Barents Sea approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) north of the village of Gamvik on the northern coast of the Nordkinn Peninsula, within the Slettnes Nature Reserve.

[1][2] This is the easternmost of the three Nordkapp area lighthouses, and it is often considered the North Cape Light, marking the "top" of Europe.

The round cast iron tower is 39 metres (128 ft) tall and it is painted red with two white horizontal bands.

[4] In 1922 the lighthouse got a foghorn with a siren, which gave a signal every thirty seconds, helping in fog and bad visibility.

The foghorn could be heard in form of a one to two tone signal with a range of 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi).