Sumburgh Head Lighthouse
Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Sumburgh Head at the southern tip of the Mainland of Shetland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jarlshof and Sumburgh Airport.
Jarlshof
Nature reserve
Jarlshof is the best-known prehistoric archaeological site in Shetland, Scotland. It lies in Sumburgh, Mainland, Shetland and has been described as "one of the most remarkable archaeological sites ever excavated in the British Isles".
Sumburgh Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Ronnie Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sumburgh Airport is the main airport serving the island of Shetland, Scotland. It is located on the southern tip of the mainland, in the parish of Dunrossness, 17 NM south of Lerwick. Sumburgh Airport is situated 1½ miles north of Sumburgh Head Lighthouse.
Ness of Burgi fort
Fort
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ness of Burgi fort is an iron-age promontory fort in the Old Scatness archaeological site on the Ness of Burgi, a narrow finger of land reaching south from the Scat Ness in the far south of the island of Mainland, Shetland in Scotland. Ness of Burgi fort is situated 1¼ miles west of Sumburgh Head Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sumburgh and Scatness.
Sumburgh
Photo: Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sumburgh is a village near the southern tip of Mainland in the Shetland Islands, with a population in 2011 of about 100. Its main attraction is Jarlshof, continuously inhabited for 4000 years.
Scatness
Village
Photo: Douglas Law, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scatness is a settlement on the headland of Scat Ness at the southern tip of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, across the West Voe of Sumburgh from Sumburgh Head and close to Sumburgh Airport, the Shetland Islands' main airport. Scatness is situated 2 miles northwest of Sumburgh Head Lighthouse.
Exnaboe
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Exnaboe, locally referred to as 'bö', is a settlement in the Virkie area of the parish of Dunrossness, South Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, overlooking Sumburgh Airport, and the Pool of Virkie. Exnaboe is situated 2½ miles north of Sumburgh Head Lighthouse.
Sumburgh Head Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse at Sumburgh Head on the mainland of Shetland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.85408° or 59° 51′ 15″ northLongitude
-1.27488° or 1° 16′ 30″ westElevation
194 feet (59 metres)Open location code
9CFWVP3G+J2OpenStreetMap ID
node 254197330OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Sumburgh Head Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Sumburgh Head”
- French: “Phare de Sumburgh Head”
- German: “Sumburgh Head Lighthouse”
- Japanese: “サンボロー岬灯台”
- Swedish: “Sumburgh Head fyr”
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