Sanda Island
Sanda Island is a small island in the Firth of Clyde, off of Argyll and Bute, Scotland, near the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula, near Southend and Dunaverty Castle.- Type: Island
- Description: a small island in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Sanda”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sanda Island Lighthouse and Sheep Island.
Sanda Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse
The Sanda Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Sanda Island, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom. One of the thirteen major lighthouses designed by Alan Stevenson, the lighthouse was established in 1850, after a series of shipwrecks in the area.
Sheep Island
Island
Sheep Island is a small uninhabited island situated off the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland. Sheep Island, along with Sanda Island and Glunimore Island, form a small group of islands approximately three kilometres south of Kintyre at grid reference NR733055.
Glunimore Island
Islet
Glunimore Island is an uninhabited island around 3 miles southeast of the Kintyre peninsula, Scotland. It lies alongside Sanda Island and Sheep Island The island is just 200 metres long and rises to a height of 27 metres.
Sanda Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.28033° or 55° 16′ 49″ north
Longitude
-5.58152° or 5° 34′ 54″ west
Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)
Open location code
9C7P7CJ9+49
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Sanda Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sanda Island (pulo sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
- Cebuano: “Sanda Island”
- Chinese: “桑达岛”
- Chinese: “桑達島”
- Estonian: “Sanda saar”
- French: “Sanda”
- German: “Sanda Island”
- Irish: “Sandaigh”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sanda Island”
- Russian: “Санда”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sandaigh”
- Swedish: “Sanda Island”
- Welsh: “Ynys Sanda”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wood Hill and Black Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Ninians Chapel and Sanda.
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