Little Skerry
Little Skerry is an island in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Little Skerry is situated nearby to the locality Banks Head, as well as near Morris Geo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Muckle Skerry and Muckle Skerry Lighthouse.
Muckle Skerry
Islet
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muckle Skerry is the largest of the Pentland Skerries, a group of uninhabited islets that lie off the north coast of Scotland in the Pentland Firth. It is home to the Pentland Skerries Lighthouse, in the north of the island.
Pentland Skerries Low Light
Lighthouse
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pentland Skerries Low Light is a lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brough Ness and Duncansby Head.
Duncansby Head
Locality
Photo: Russ McLean, CC BY 3.0.
Duncansby Head is the most northeasterly part of both the Scottish and British mainlands, slightly northeast of John o' Groats. It lies approximately 20 km east-southeast of Dunnet Head, the northernmost point of both the Scottish and British mainlands. Duncansby Head is situated 4½ miles southwest of Little Skerry.
Little Skerry
- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Pentland Skerries, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: rock formation, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.67428° or 58° 40′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.91113° or 2° 54′ 40″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9CCVM3FQ+PHOpenStreetMap ID
way 261452880OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2644254Wikidata ID
Q3256719
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Little Skerry” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Little Skerry (bato sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Orkney Islands, lat 58,67, long -2,91)”
- Cebuano: “Little Skerry”
- French: “Little Skerry”
- Swedish: “Little Skerry (klippa i Storbritannien, Orkneyöarna, lat 58,67, long -2,91)”
- Swedish: “Little Skerry, Pentland Skerries”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Banks Head and Morris Geo.
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Highlights include Louther Skerry and Clettack Skerry.
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