Barra Head Lighthouse
Barra Head Lighthouse on Barra Head identifies the southern entrance to The Minch, roughly halfway between the Eilean Glas and Rinns of Islay lighthouses.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Barra Head Lighthouse, Berneray” and “Taigh-solais an Ceann Bharraigh”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barra Head Island and Geirum More.
Barra Head Island
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barra Head, also known as Berneray, is the southernmost island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Within the Outer Hebrides, it forms part of the Barra Isles archipelago.
Mingulay
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mingulay is the second largest of the Barra Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Located 12 nautical miles south of Barra, it is known for an extensive Gaelic oral tradition incorporating folklore, song and stories and its important seabird populations, including puffins, black-legged kittiwakes, and razorbills, which nest in the sea-cliffs, amongst the highest in the British Isles. Mingulay is situated 2 miles north of Barra Head Lighthouse.
Barra Head Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.78544° or 56° 47′ 8″ northLongitude
-7.65346° or 7° 39′ 13″ westElevation
226 feet (69 metres)Open location code
9C8JQ8PW+5JOpenStreetMap ID
way 207637055OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
9782397Wikidata ID
Q3378173
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Swedish—“Barra Head Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Maják Barra Head”
- French: “Barra Head Lighthouse”
- French: “phare de Barra Head”
- French: “Phare de Barra Head”
- German: “Barra Head Lighthouse”
- Italian: “faro di Barra Head”
- Swedish: “Barra Head Lighthouse”
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