Killantringan Lighthouse

Killantringan Lighthouse is a lighthouse located near in , south-west . The light came into operation in 1900, and served as a waypoint in the of the .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dunskey Castle.

Ruins
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a ruined, 16th-century tower house or castle, built by the Adair family at the site of an earlier 12th-century castle. It is located 0.5 miles south of the village of , Rhinns, Wigtownshire, on the south-west coast of . is situated 2½ miles southeast of Killantringan Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leswalt and Stranraer.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , south-west Scotland. It lies between and in the , part of the traditional county of . The parish covers around 8 square miles. is situated 5 miles northeast of Killantringan Lighthouse.

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is a town in near the tip of southwest Scotland. It's a port with ferries to Northern Ireland, though nowadays these all sail from Cairnryan a few miles north.

Killantringan Lighthouse

Latitude
54.86187° or 54° 51′ 43″ north
Longitude
-5.14688° or 5° 8′ 49″ west
Elevation
69 feet (21 metres)
Open location code
9C6PVV63+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 365180668
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
11125857
Wiki­data ID
Q6407284
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Satellite Map

Discover Killantringan Lighthouse from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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