Skokholm Island
Skokholm or Skokholm Island is an island 2.5 miles off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, south of the neighbouring island of Skomer. The surrounding waters are a marine reserve and all are part of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: small island in Wales
- Also known as: “Skokholm”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Skokholm Lighthouse and Gateholm.
Skokholm Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Skokholm Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Skokholm Island, just off the southwest coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. This small island is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Gateholm
Island
Photo: Erik Wannee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gateholm or Gateholm Island is a small tidal island off the south west coast of Pembrokeshire, in the community of Marloes and St Brides, in the south west side of Wales, in the west of the UK, and about 8 miles west of the port of Milford Haven.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marloes and Dale.
Marloes
Village
Photo: Dara Jasumani, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marloes is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the Marloes Peninsula 7 miles west of Milford Haven and forms the western tip of the southern shore of St Brides Bay.
Dale
Village
Photo: Izzy Johnson, Public domain.
Dale is a small village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, located on the peninsula which forms the northern side of the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway. Dale is situated 4½ miles east of Skokholm Island.
St Brides
Hamlet
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Brides is a parish and small coastal village in Pembrokeshire, Wales, at the south of St Brides Bay, about 1+1⁄2 miles north of the larger village of Marloes, with which it forms the Marloes and St Brides community. St Brides is situated 5 miles northeast of Skokholm Island.
Skokholm Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.69842° or 51° 41′ 54″ northLongitude
-5.27739° or 5° 16′ 39″ westElevation
125 feet (38 metres)Open location code
9C3PMPXF+92OpenStreetMap ID
way 1493746497OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
Discover Skokholm Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Skokholm Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Skokholm uhartea”
- Catalan: “Skokholm”
- Cebuano: “Skokholm Island”
- Chinese: “斯科克霍姆岛”
- Chinese: “斯科霍尔姆”
- Czech: “Skokholm”
- Danish: “Skokholm”
- Dutch: “Skokholm”
- Esperanto: “Skokholm”
- French: “Skokholm”
- German: “Skokholm”
- Italian: “Skokholm”
- Livvi: “Ynys Sgogwm”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skokholm”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ynys Sgoc-holm”
- Polish: “Skokholm”
- Spanish: “Skokholm”
- Swedish: “Skokholm Island”
- Swedish: “Skokholm”
- Welsh: “Sgogwm”
- Welsh: “Skokholm”
- Welsh: “Ynys Sgogwm”
- Welsh: “Ynys Skokholm”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include North Pond and Winter Pond.
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