Mull of Kintyre

The Mull of Kintyre is the southwesternmost tip of the in southwest . From here, the coast of is visible on a calm and clear day, and a historic lighthouse, the second commissioned in Scotland, guides shipping in the intervening .
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Photo: Patrick Mackie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Cape
  • Description: headland in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
  • Historically known as: “Mull of Cantyre”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse.

Guest house
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Mull of Kintyre

Latitude
55.29956° or 55° 17′ 58″ north
Longitude
-5.7986° or 5° 47′ 55″ west
Open location code
9C7P76X2+RH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6572722269
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
2645351
Wiki­data ID
Q936930
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Mull of Kintyre” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Breton: “Maol Chinn Tìre”
  • Catalan: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Cebuano: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Chinese: “琴泰岬”
  • Croatian: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Czech: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Danish: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Dutch: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • French: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Galician: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • German: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Hebrew: “צוקי קינטייר”
  • Irish: “Maol Chinn Tíre”
  • Italian: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Japanese: “キンタイア岬”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Norwegian: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Polish: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Portuguese: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Russian: “Малл-оф-Кинтайр”
  • Scots: “Moil o Kintyre”
  • Scots: “Mull o Kintyre”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Spanish: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Swedish: “Mull of Kintyre”
  • Ukrainian: “Малл-оф-Кінтайр”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Balmavicar and Innean Dùnain.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Tòrr Mòr and Beinn Theine.

Argyll and Bute: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Oban and Campbeltown.

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