West Country
Isles of Scilly
Tresco

Round Island Light

Round Island Lighthouse, in the was designed by William Tregarthen Douglass for Trinity House and completed in 1887. At the time of building it was one of three lights in the Isles of Scilly, the others being the and .
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Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Tresco, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Round Island (Scilly) Lighthouse”, “Round Island Light, Isles of Scilly”, “Round Island Lighthouse”, and “Round Island Lighthouse And Attached House”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Helen’s and Teän.

Island
Photo: Cyr, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk.
St Helen's is one of the fifty or so uninhabited islands in the archipelago of the and has an approximate area of 0.1885 square kilometres.

Island
Photo: Chris Walpole, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an uninhabited island to the north of the archipelago between , 1.5 kilometres to the west, and , 300 metres to the east.

Island
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Piper’s Hole and Lower Town.

Locality
Photo: Simon Leatherdale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Piper's Hole is a sea cave located on , an island of the . The name Piper's Hole can also refer to another, more minor, sea cave in the Isles of Scilly, located on , .

Village
Photo: Darren Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the westernmost settlement on the island of in the , . One of the island's two quays is located here, sometimes referred to as the Hotel Quay, as the only hotel on the island, Karma St Martin's, is located by it.

Village
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a coastal settlement on the island of in the , . It is located on the east side of the island and there is a quay.

Round Island Light

Latitude
49.97898° or 49° 58′ 44″ north
Longitude
-6.3231° or 6° 19′ 23″ west
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
8CXMXMHG+HQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 311312411
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
11549520
Wiki­data ID
Q26513741
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Russian—“Round Island Light” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “朗德岛灯塔”
  • Dutch: “Round Island Light”
  • French: “phare de Round Island”
  • French: “Phare de Round Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Round Island Light i Scillyøyane”
  • Polish: “Latarnia morska Round Island”
  • Russian: “Маяк Раунд-Айленд”

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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 “Round Island Light”. Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.