Muckle Skerry Lighthouse
Muckle Skerry Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Muckle Skerry Lighthouse is situated nearby to the lighthouse Pentland Skerries Low Light, as well as near the locality Brough Ness.Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Pentland Skerries High Light” and “Pentland Skerries High Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Muckle Skerry and Pentland Skerries Low Light.
Muckle Skerry
Islet
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muckle Skerry is the largest of the Pentland Skerries, a group of uninhabited islets that lie off the north coast of Scotland in the Pentland Firth. It is home to the Pentland Skerries Lighthouse, in the north of the island.
Pentland Skerries Low Light
Lighthouse
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pentland Skerries Low Light is a lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brough Ness and Duncansby Head.
Brough Ness
Locality
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brough Ness is a locality, which is situated 3 miles northwest of Muckle Skerry Lighthouse.
Duncansby Head
Locality
Photo: Russ McLean, CC BY 3.0.
Duncansby Head is the most northeasterly part of both the Scottish and British mainlands, slightly northeast of John o' Groats. It lies approximately 20 km east-southeast of Dunnet Head, the northernmost point of both the Scottish and British mainlands. Duncansby Head is situated 5 miles southwest of Muckle Skerry Lighthouse.
Muckle Skerry Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.69015° or 58° 41′ 25″ northLongitude
-2.92472° or 2° 55′ 29″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
9CCVM3RG+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 603327299OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Muckle Skerry Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Pentland Skerries”
- French: “Phare de Pentland Skerries”
- German: “Pentland Skerries Lighthouse”
Localities in the Area
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