Killantringan Lighthouse
Killantringan Lighthouse is a lighthouse located near Portpatrick in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. The light came into operation in 1900, and served as a waypoint in the North Channel of the Irish Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dunskey Castle.
Dunskey Castle
Ruins
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunskey Castle is a ruined, 12th-century tower house or castle, located 0.5 miles south of the village of Portpatrick, Rhinns, Wigtownshire, on the south-west coast of Scotland. Dunskey Castle is situated 2½ miles southeast of Killantringan Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leswalt and Stranraer.
Leswalt
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leswalt is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies between Portpatrick and Stranraer in the Rhins of Galloway, part of the traditional county of Wigtownshire. The parish covers around 8 square miles. Leswalt is situated 5 miles northeast of Killantringan Lighthouse.
Stranraer
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stranraer is a town in Dumfries and Galloway near the tip of southwest Scotland. It's a ferry port, connecting Scotland with Northern Ireland, though nowadays all ferries run from Cairnryan a few miles north.
Killantringan Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.86187° or 54° 51′ 43″ northLongitude
-5.14688° or 5° 8′ 49″ westElevation
69 feet (21 metres)Open location code
9C6PVV63+P6OpenStreetMap ID
way 365180668OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11125857Wikidata ID
Q6407284
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Killantringan Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “基蘭特林根燈塔”
- French: “phare de Killantringan”
- French: “Phare de Killantringan”
- Malayalam: “കില്ലൻട്രിങ്കൻ ലൈറ്റ്ഹൗസ്”
- Swedish: “Killantringan”
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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 “Killantringan Lighthouse”. Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.