Burnt Island

Burnt Island is a small, uninhabited island in the , , . It is covered in thrift and long grasses. and is linked to the island of at low tide.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall
  • Also known as: Burnt Island, Isles of Scilly

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Agnes’ Church, St Agnes and St Agnes Lighthouse.

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 .

Lighthouse
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.

Island
is the second-largest of the approximately fifty uninhabited , one kilometre west of with a length of one kilometre and approximately 22 hectares in area.

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.

Town
is the largest settlement on the and its administrative centre. The town is situated on the island of , the largest and most populous island in the archipelago, and is located on a narrow isthmus which joins the peninsula known as the Garrison with the rest of the island. is situated 2 miles northeast of Burnt Island.

Burnt Island

Latitude
49.89568° or 49° 53′ 44″ north
Longitude
-6.35409° or 6° 21′ 15″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
8CXMVJWW+79
Open­Street­Map ID
way 237383469
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
11549611
Wiki­data ID
Q99014573
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In Other Languages

From Cornish to Welsh—“Burnt Island” goes by many names.
  • Cornish: Enys Losk
  • Welsh: Enys Losk

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Localities in the Area

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