Burnt Island
Burnt Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is covered in thrift and long grasses. and is linked to the island of St Agnes at low tide.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
St Agnes’ Church, St Agnes
Church
Photo: Andrewrabbott, Public domain.
St Agnes is the southernmost populated island of the Isles of Scilly. Thus the island's Troy Town Farm is the southernmost settlement in the United Kingdom.
St Agnes Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Agnes lighthouse is a 17th-century lighthouse situated on St Agnes on the Isles of Scilly. 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.
Annet
Island
Photo: Rowan Legg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Annet is the second-largest of the approximately fifty uninhabited Isles of Scilly, one kilometre west of St Agnes 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.
Middle Town
Hamlet
Middle Town is a small settlement on the island of St Agnes. It includes the island's primary school, post office and general store, and the old lighthouse.
Bartholomew Ledges Wreck
Locality
The Bartholomew Ledges Wreck is a wreck found in the late 1970s at St Marys Sound, Isles of Scilly is believed to be that of a mid-sixteenth to early seventeenth century armed cargo vessel.
Hugh Town
Town
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Hugh Town is the largest settlement on the Isles of Scilly and its administrative centre. The town is situated on the island of St Mary's, 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. Hugh Town is situated 2 miles northeast of Burnt Island.
Burnt Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.89568° or 49° 53′ 44″ northLongitude
-6.35409° or 6° 21′ 15″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
8CXMVJWW+79OpenStreetMap ID
way 237383469OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
11549611Wikidata 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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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.