Fastnet Lighthouse

The Fastnet Lighthouse is a 54-metre-tall lighthouse situated on the remote Fastnet Rock in the eastern reaches of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most southerly point of the island of Ireland, and lies 6.5 kilometres south-west of and 13 kilometres from on the mainland of the .
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: 2nd and current lighthouse on Fastnet Rock, off the south-west coast of Ireland, construction started 1897
  • Also known as: “Fastnet Light”, “Fastnet Light House”, and “Fastnet Lighthouse (2nd)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fastnet.

Islet
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lighthouse is a 54-metre-tall lighthouse situated on the remote Rock in the eastern reaches of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most southerly point of the island of Ireland, and lies 6.5 kilometres south-west of and 13 kilometres from on the mainland of the .

Fastnet Lighthouse

Latitude
51.38919° or 51° 23′ 21″ north
Longitude
-9.60289° or 9° 36′ 10″ west
Operator
Commissioners of Irish Lights
Open location code
9C3G99QW+MR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 322520722
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­lighthouse
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
11610977
Wiki­data ID
Q3067133
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Satellite Map

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

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Fastnet Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Fastnet itsasargia”
  • Chinese: “法斯耐特灯塔”
  • Chinese: “燈塔島”
  • Dutch: “Fastnet Lighthouse”
  • Estonian: “Fastneti tuletorn”
  • French: “Fastnet (Phare)”
  • French: “phare du Fastnet”
  • French: “Phare du Fastnet”
  • Hebrew: “פסטנט רוק”
  • Irish: “teach solais Fastnet”
  • Portuguese: “Farol de Fastnet”
  • Swedish: “Fastnet (fyr)”
  • Swedish: “Fastnet”
  • Ukrainian: “Фастнет Рок”
  • “Fastnet Light”
  • “Fastnet Lighthouse (2nd)”

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