West Country
Isles of Scilly
St Agnes

Gugh

Gugh could be described as the sixth inhabited island of the , but is usually included with with which it is joined by a sandy tombolo known as "The Bar" when exposed at low tide.
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Photo: Jo Dickson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kittern Hill and St Agnes Lighthouse.

Peak
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a peak.

Lighthouse
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a 17th-century lighthouse situated on on the . It was the second to be built in the western approaches; it was also only the second lighthouse station to be established by Trinity House.

Church
Photo: Andrewrabbott, Public domain.
St Agnes is the southernmost populated island of the . Thus the island's Troy Town Farm is the southernmost settlement in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Middle Town and Bartholomew Ledges Wreck.

Hamlet
is a small settlement on the island of . It includes the island's primary school, post office and general store, and the old lighthouse.

Locality
The is a wreck found in the late 1970s at St Marys Sound, is believed to be that of a mid-sixteenth to early seventeenth century armed cargo vessel.

Locality
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the southernmost point of , . The headland is within the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and part of the Heritage Coast.

Gugh

Latitude
49.89345° or 49° 53′ 36″ north
Longitude
-6.33255° or 6° 19′ 57″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
8CXMVMV8+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 237654372
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
11549600
Wiki­data ID
Q547112
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Satellite Map

Discover Gugh from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Gugh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة غوغ”
  • Armenian: “Գուգ”
  • Cebuano: “Gugh”
  • Chinese: “古夫岛”
  • Chinese: “古夫島”
  • Cornish: “Agenys Geow”
  • Cornish: “Keow”
  • Dutch: “Gugh”
  • French: “Gugh”
  • German: “Gugh”
  • Italian: “Gugh (Isole Scilly)”
  • Italian: “Gugh”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gugh”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gugh”
  • Portuguese: “Gugh”
  • Romanian: “Gugh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gugh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Keow”
  • Spanish: “Gugh”
  • Ukrainian: “Г’ю”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґаг”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Dropnose Point and Hoe Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Old Man of Gugh and Gugh Bar.

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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 “Gugh”. Photo: Jo Dickson, CC BY-SA 2.0.