Lamb
Lamb, sometimes called Lamb Island or The Lamb, is a small uninhabited island measuring approximately 100 by 50 metres, between the islands of Fidra and Craigleith in the Firth of Forth, off the east coast of Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alastair Seagroatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: small uninhabited island between the islands of Fidra and Craigleith in the Firth of Forth, Scotland
- Also known as: “Lamb Island” and “The Lamb”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Craigleith and Dirleton Castle.
Craigleith
Islet
Photo: Brendandh, Public domain.
Craigleith is a small island in the Firth of Forth off North Berwick in East Lothian, Scotland. Its name comes from the Scottish Gaelic Creag Lìte meaning "rock of Leith". It is 45 metres at its highest point.
Dirleton Castle
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dirleton Castle is a medieval fortress in the village of Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland. It lies around 2 miles west of North Berwick, and around 19 miles east of Edinburgh.
North Berwick railway station
Railway station
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Berwick railway station is a railway station serving the seaside town of North Berwick in East Lothian, Scotland. It is the terminus of the Edinburgh to North Berwick Line, 22+1⁄4 miles east of Edinburgh Waverley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castle Tarbet and North Berwick.
Castle Tarbet
Locality
Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Tarbet is located on the island of Fidra, East Lothian, within the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
North Berwick
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Berwick is a town on the coast of East Lothian in central Scotland, with a population of 7840 in 2020. It's an attractive fishing port and beach resort, nowadays a commuter town for Edinburgh 20 miles west.
Dirleton
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dirleton is a village and civil parish in East Lothian, Scotland approximately 20 miles east of Edinburgh on the A198. It contains 7,500 acres. Dirleton lies between North Berwick, Gullane, Fenton Barns and the Yellowcraigs nature reserve, Archerfield Estate and the Firth of Forth.
Lamb
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.06999° or 56° 4′ 12″ northLongitude
-2.74884° or 2° 44′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C8V3792+XFOpenStreetMap ID
way 3469301OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Lamb” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lamb Island”
- Cebuano: “Lamb”
- French: “Île de Lamb”
- French: “Lamb Island”
- French: “Lamb”
- German: “Lamb Island”
- German: “Lamb”
- Japanese: “ラム島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lamb”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “The Lamb”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Lam”
- Swedish: “Lamb Island”
- Swedish: “Lamb”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Lamb and North Dog Island.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Lamb”. Photo: Alastair Seagroatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.