It seems like "false beacon" is a phrase that hasn't had much use these past few decades. I guess everyone just uses GPS now rather than relying on lighthouses and such.
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Oh oh, moomin pirates
Kind of. "Shore pirates" -- wreckers were people who would put up false beacon lights so that ships would crash on the rocks and be looted.
This is making me think of Jurmo
It's a harsh stony island on the outer edge of the finnish archipelago, with a history of pirate residents.
Did Tove base this plotline on it? In that the island is desert, not deserted.