Neist Point Lighthouse
Neist Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Neist Point on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It was designed by David Alan Stevenson and was first lit on 1 November 1909.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Neist Point Lighthouse, Skye” and “Skye, Neist Point Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Loch Eishort.
Loch Eishort
Lake
Photo: Glen Breaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Eishort is a lake, which is situated 2½ miles east of Neist Point Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waterstein and Borrodale.
Borrodale
Hamlet
Borrodale is small hamlet on the Isle of Skye, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Borrodale is part of Glendale and the Glendale Estate, in the parish of Duirinish. Borrodale is situated 2½ miles northeast of Neist Point Lighthouse.
Milovaig
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milovaig, comprises two small scattered, mixed crofting and residential townships, consisting of Lower Milovaig to the North and Upper Milovaig to the South, situated on the south shore of Loch Pooltiel on the Duirinish peninsula, on the Isle of Skye, in the Highlands of Scotland. Milovaig is situated 2½ miles northeast of Neist Point Lighthouse.
Neist Point Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.42339° or 57° 25′ 24″ northLongitude
-6.78824° or 6° 47′ 18″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Operator
Northern Lighthouse Board.Open location code
9C9MC6F6+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 264881014OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Scottish Gaelic—“Neist Point Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Czech: “maják na ostrově Skye”
- Czech: “maják Neist Point”
- Czech: “Maják Neist Point”
- Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Neist Point”
- French: “phare de Neist Point”
- French: “Phare de Neist Point”
- Irish: “Taigh-solais Rubha na h-Èist”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Taigh-solais Rubha an Èist”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Taigh-solais Rubha na h-Èist”
- “Neist Point Lighthouse”
- “Taigh-solais Rubha na h-Èist”
Localities in the Area
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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 “Neist Point Lighthouse”. Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.