Sanda Island Lighthouse
The Sanda Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Sanda Island, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom. One of the thirteen major lighthouses designed by Alan Stevenson, the lighthouse was established in 1850, after a series of shipwrecks in the area.- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Sanda Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sanda Island and Sheep Island.
Sanda Island
Island
Sanda Island is a small island in the Firth of Clyde, off of Argyll and Bute, Scotland, near the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula, near Southend and Dunaverty Castle.
Sheep Island
Island
Sheep Island is a small uninhabited island situated off the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland. Sheep Island, along with Sanda Island and Glunimore Island, form a small group of islands approximately three kilometres south of Kintyre at grid reference NR733055.
Glunimore Island
Islet
Glunimore Island is an uninhabited island around 3 miles southeast of the Kintyre peninsula, Scotland. It lies alongside Sanda Island and Sheep Island The island is just 200 metres long and rises to a height of 27 metres.
Sanda Island Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.27496° or 55° 16′ 30″ north
Longitude
-5.58283° or 5° 34′ 58″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
9C7P7CF8+XV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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Satellite Map
Discover Sanda Island Lighthouse from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Estonian to French—“Sanda Island Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Estonian: “Sanda tuletorn”
- French: “phare de Sanda”
- French: “Phare de Sanda”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wood Hill and Black Point.
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