Hestan Island
Hestan Island is a small coastal island at the southern foot of the River Urr estuary in the Solway Firth, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Simon Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Hestan Islet”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hestan Island Lighthouse and Balcary Lifeboat Station.
Balcary Lifeboat Station
House
Balcary Lifeboat Station was located under Balcary Hill at Balcary Point, at the southern end of Auchencairn Bay, overlooking Hestan Island on the Solway Firth, approximately 10 miles south of Castle Douglas, in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Orchardton Castle
Castle
Photo: Ed Iglehart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orchardton Castle overlooks the Solway Coast. Built in the 1880s, this is a Grade B listed property formerly known as Orchardton House. Built around a Scottish Baronial-style mansion located in Auchencairn in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dundrennan.
Dundrennan
Village
Photo: Ed Iglehart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dundrennan is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about 5 miles east of Kirkcudbright. Its population is around 230. Dundrennan is located in the civil parish of Rerrick in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire. Dundrennan is situated 6 miles west of Hestan Island.
Hestan Island
- Categories: tidal island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.83613° or 54° 50′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.80997° or 3° 48′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C6RR5PR+F2OpenStreetMap ID
way 3098808OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hestan Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hestan Island”
- French: “Hestan Island”
- French: “Hestan”
- French: “île Hestan”
- French: “Île Hestan”
- Japanese: “ヘスタン島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hestan Island”
- Swedish: “Hestan Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Balcary Point and Balcary.
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Highlights include Elephant Rock and Old Monk’s House.
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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 “Hestan Island”. Photo: Simon Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.