Covesea Skerries Lighthouse
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse, originally belonging to the Northern Lighthouse Board, is built on top of a small headland on the south coast of the Moray Firth at Covesea, near Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pemm, Public domain.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse near Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Covesea Skerries Lighthouse, Lossiemouth”, “Covesea Skerries Lighthouse, Steading”, and “Lossiemouth, Covesea Skerries Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Moray Golf Club and Gordonstoun.
Moray Golf Club
Golf course
Moray Golf Club is situated in Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland. The club has two eighteen-hole courses appropriately called the Old Course and the New Course. Moray Golf Club is situated 1 mile east of Covesea Skerries Lighthouse.
Gordonstoun
School
Photo: Nibaba, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gordonstoun School is a co-educational private school for boarding and day pupils in Moray, Scotland. Two generations of British royalty have been educated at Gordonstoun, including Prince Philip and his son King Charles III. Gordonstoun is situated 2 miles southwest of Covesea Skerries Lighthouse.
Grant Park
Sports venue
Photo: Suxamethonium, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lossiemouth Football Club are a senior football club from Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland. They play in the Highland League. Founded in 1945, they were admitted to the Highland League for season 1946-47 and have played in this league since that point. Grant Park is situated 2 miles east of Covesea Skerries Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lossiemouth and Duffus.
Lossiemouth
Photo: Billreid, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lossiemouth is a village on the coast of Moray in North East Scotland, with a population in 2016 of 7870. It developed as a fishing port in the 18th and 19th centuries, but the harbour is small and that industry has gone.
Duffus
Village
Photo: Lyall Duffus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Duffus is a village and parish in Moray, Scotland. It is best known for the nearby Duffus Castle, St. Peters' Kirk, and Spynie Palace. Duffus is situated 2½ miles southwest of Covesea Skerries Lighthouse.
Hopeman
Village
Photo: Craig Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hopeman is a seaside village in Moray, Scotland, it is situated on the coast of the Moray Firth, founded in 1805 to house and re-employ people displaced during the Highland clearances. Hopeman is situated 3½ miles west of Covesea Skerries Lighthouse.
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.72408° or 57° 43′ 27″ northLongitude
-3.33862° or 3° 20′ 19″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Height
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
9C9RPMF6+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 165829141OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
9782389Wikidata ID
Q5179307
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In Other Languages
From French to Polish—“Covesea Skerries Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Covesea Skerries”
- French: “Phare de Covesea Skerries”
- German: “Covesea Skerries Lighthouse”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska Covesea Skerries”
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