Puffin Island

Puffin Island is an uninhabited island off the eastern tip of , Wales. It was formerly known as Priestholm in English. A hermitage was established here around the 6th century, and there are remains of a 12th-century monastery on the island.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Wales
  • Also known as: “Priestholm” and “Ynys Seiriol”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Trwyn Du Lighthouse and St Seiriol’s Well.

Lighthouse
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, also known as Penmon Lighthouse, is a lighthouse between Black Point near Penmon and Ynys Seiriol, or Puffin Island, at the eastern extremity of , marking the passage between the two islands.

Spring
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is a spring.

Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1½ miles southwest of Puffin Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penmon and Llanfaes.

Photo: Penmonista, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a promontory, village and ecclesiastical parish on the eastern tip of the Isle of Anglesey in , about 3 miles east of the town of .

Village
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is a small village on the island of , Wales, located on the shore of the eastern entrance to the , the tidal waterway separating Anglesey from the coast. is situated 4 miles southwest of Puffin Island.

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is a town in east in . 's shore borders the Menai Strait separating Anglesey from the British mainland. Its population is somewhere around 2000 people.

Puffin Island

Latitude
53.31861° or 53° 19′ 7″ north
Longitude
-4.02615° or 4° 1′ 34″ west
Elevation
144 feet (44 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q8X9F+CG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1213396832
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2639865
Wiki­data ID
Q844650
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Puffin Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باففين ايسلند”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة باففين”
  • Breton: “Ynys Seiriol”
  • Cebuano: “Puffin Island”
  • Chinese: “帕芬島”
  • Finnish: “Puffin Island”
  • French: “Puffin Island”
  • Hungarian: “Puffin-sziget”
  • Livvi: “Ynys Seiriol”
  • Northern Sami: “Ynys Seiriol”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Priestholm”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Puffin Island i Anglesey”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ynys Lannog”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ynys Seiriol”
  • Swedish: “Puffin Island, Wales”
  • Swedish: “Puffin Island”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Lannog”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Seiriol”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Puffin Island Optical Telegraph Station and Perch Rock.

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