Finistère
Arrondissement de Brest
Plouguerneau

Vierge Island Light

Île Vierge is a 6-hectare islet lying 1.5 kilometres off the north-west coast of Brittany, opposite the village of Lilia. It is in the commune of , in the département of .
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Photo: Larvor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Finistère, France
  • Also known as: “Ile Vierge lighthouse”, “Île Vierge lighthouse”, “Île Vierge Lighthouse”, “Île Vierge Lighthouse (1902)”, “La Vierge Light”, “Lighthouse Île Vierge”, and “Phare de l’Ile Vierge”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Old Île Vierge lighthouse and Île Vierge.

Lighthouse
Photo: Falken, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Islet
Photo: Larvor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 6-hectare islet lying 1.5 kilometres off the north-west coast of Brittany, opposite the village of Lilia. It is in the commune of , in the département of . is situated 120 metres west of Vierge Island Light.

Islet
Photo: Moreau.henri, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an islet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Landéda.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department of in north-western . is situated 6 km south of Vierge Island Light.

Vierge Island Light

Latitude
48.63885° or 48° 38′ 20″ north
Longitude
-4.5675° or 4° 34′ 3″ west
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Inception
19th century
Height
82 metres (269 feet)
Open location code
8CWQJCQJ+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 93055283
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
11073516
Wiki­data ID
Q1639005
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Satellite Map

Discover Vierge Island Light from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Vierge Island Light” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Birjina uharteko itsasargia”
  • Breton: “Tour tan enez Werc’h”
  • Breton: “Tour-tan Enez Werc’h”
  • Breton: “Tour-tan Enez-Werc’h”
  • Catalan: “far de l’Île Vierge”
  • Catalan: “far de l’Illa Verge”
  • Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Ile Vierge”
  • Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Île Vierge”
  • French: “phare de l’Île Vierge”
  • French: “Phare de l’île Vierge”
  • German: “Phare de l’Île Vierge”
  • Italian: “Faro dell’Île Vierge”
  • Spanish: “Faro de Isla Virgen”
  • Swedish: “Île Vierge”

Localities in the Area

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Nearby Places

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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 “Vierge Island Light”. Photo: Larvor, CC BY-SA 3.0.