Round Island
Round Island Lighthouse, in the Isles of Scilly was designed by William Tregarthen Douglass for Trinity House and completed in 1887. At the time of building it was one of three lights in the Isles of Scilly, the others being the Bishop Rock and St Agnes lighthouse.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Benjaminevans82, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK
- Also known as: “Round Island, Isles of Scilly”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Round Island Light and St Helen’s.
Round Island Light
Lighthouse
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Round Island Lighthouse, in the Isles of Scilly was designed by William Tregarthen Douglass for Trinity House and completed in 1887. At the time of building it was one of three lights in the Isles of Scilly, the others being the Bishop Rock and St Agnes lighthouse.
St Helen’s
Island
Photo: Cyr, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
St Helen's is one of the fifty or so uninhabited islands in the archipelago of the Isles of Scilly and has an approximate area of 0.1885 square kilometres.
Teän
Island
Photo: Chris Walpole, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Teän is an uninhabited island to the north of the Isles of Scilly archipelago between Tresco, 1.5 kilometres to the west, and St Martin's, 300 metres to the east.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Piper’s Hole and Lower Town.
Piper’s Hole
Locality
Photo: Simon Leatherdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Piper's Hole is a sea cave located on Tresco, an island of the Isles of Scilly. The name Piper's Hole can also refer to another, more minor, sea cave in the Isles of Scilly, located on Penninis Head, St Mary's.
Lower Town
Village
Photo: Darren Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Town is the westernmost settlement on the island of St Martin's in the Isles of Scilly, England. One of the island's two quays is located here, sometimes referred to as the Hotel Quay, as the only hotel on the island, Karma St Martin's, is located by it.
Old Grimsby
Village
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Grimsby is a coastal settlement on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, England. It is located on the east side of the island and there is a quay.
Round Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Isles of Scilly, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Round Island” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ռաունդ կղզու փարոս”
- Cebuano: “Round Island”
- Cornish: “An Voth”
- Dutch: “Round Island”
- German: “Round Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Round Island Light i Scillyøyane”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska Round Island”
- Russian: “Маяк Раунд-Айленд”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Golowji an Voth”
- Swedish: “Round Island, Scillyöarna”
- Swedish: “Round Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Middle Town and Gimble Point.
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Highlights include Didley’s Point and Men-a-vaur East.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Round Island”. Photo: Benjaminevans82, Public domain.