Inchkeith Lighthouse
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: ronnie leask, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inchkeith.
Inchkeith
Islet
Photo: Simon Johnston, 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 Lighthouse.
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 Lighthouse.
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 Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.0335° or 56° 2′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.13609° or 3° 8′ 10″ westElevation
138 feet (42 metres)Open location code
9C8R2VM7+9HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1553429453OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Inchkeith Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare d’Inchkeith”
- French: “Phare d’Inchkeith”
- Swedish: “Inchkeith fyr”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Carlinhead Rocks and Pettycur.
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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 Lighthouse”. Photo: ronnie leask, CC BY-SA 2.0.