Inchkeith
Inchkeith is an island in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, administratively part of the Fife council area. Inchkeith has had a colourful history as a result of its proximity to Edinburgh, its strategic location for use as a home for Inchkeith Lighthouse, and for…| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Simon Johnston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Inchkeith Lighthouse.
Inchkeith Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: ronnie leask, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inchkeith is an island in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, administratively part of the Fife council area. Inchkeith has had a colourful history as a result of its proximity to Edinburgh, its strategic location for use as a home for Inchkeith Lighthouse, and for…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kinghorn and Western Harbour.
Kinghorn
Town
Photo: BesigedB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kinghorn is a town and parish in Fife, Scotland. A seaside resort with two beaches, Kinghorn Beach and Pettycur Bay, plus a fishing port, it stands on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, opposite Edinburgh. Kinghorn is situated 3 miles northwest of Inchkeith.
Western Harbour
Neighborhood
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Western Harbour is a mainly residential development in the Newhaven area of Edinburgh, the capital city Scotland. Western Harbour is situated 4 miles southwest of Inchkeith.
Burntisland
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burntisland is a port on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, in Fife in central Scotland, with a population of 6600 in 2020. Its west side is industrial and formerly had ship-building, but its east is a small seaside resort and commuter town for Edinburgh.
Inchkeith
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the Firth of Forth, Scotland
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.03218° or 56° 1′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.13561° or 3° 8′ 8″ westElevation
141 feet (43 metres)Open location code
9C8R2VJ7+VQOpenStreetMap ID
way 3467771OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2646242Wikidata ID
Q2610322
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Satellite Map
Discover Inchkeith from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Inchkeith” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Инчкеитх”
- Cebuano: “Inchkeith”
- Chinese: “因奇基斯”
- Chinese: “因奇基斯岛”
- Chinese: “因奇基斯島”
- Dutch: “Inchkeith”
- French: “Inchkeith”
- Irish: “Innis Cheith”
- Japanese: “インチキース島”
- Japanese: “インチケイス島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Inchkeith”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Innis Cheith”
- Polish: “Inchkeith”
- Russian: “Инчкит”
- Scots: “Inchkeith”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Innis Cheith”
- Spanish: “Inchkeith”
- Swedish: “Inchkeith”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Seal Carr and Iron Craig.
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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 “Inchkeith”. Photo: Simon Johnston, CC BY-SA 2.0.