Tiumpan Head
Tiumpan Head is the northeastern end of the Point peninsula on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Tiumpan Head Lighthouse has marked the western limit of The Minch since 1900.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Ceann an t-Sìumpain” and “Rubha an t-Siumpain”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tiumpan Head Lighthouse.
Tiumpan Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tiumpan Head Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in Tiumpan Head, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portvoller and Portnaguran.
Portvoller
Village
Photo: Eileen Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portvoller is a small village on the north tip of the Eye Peninsula, on the Isle of Lewis in northwestern Scotland. It is 9 miles on the A866 from the Outer Hebrides' only town, Stornoway. Portvoller is within the parish of Stornoway.
Portnaguran
Village
Photo: John Aldersey-Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portnaguran is a settlement situated within Point, on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Portnaguran is the township at the north-easternmost point of the peninsula.
Broker
Hamlet
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Broker is a small hamlet next to the village of Portvoller and Portnaguran on the Eye Peninsula located on the east side of the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
Tiumpan Head
- Category: landform
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.26139° or 58° 15′ 41″ northLongitude
-6.13829° or 6° 8′ 18″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
9CCM7V66+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 4006411697OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tiumpan Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tiumpan Head”
- French: “Tiumpan Head”
- German: “Tiumpan Head”
- Irish: “Rudha Tiompan”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Rubha an Tiùmpain”
- Swedish: “Tiumpan Head”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Loch an t-Siùmpain and Portnaguran Post Office.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tiumpan Head”. Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.