Copinsay Lighthouse
Copinsay Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Copinsay Lighthouse is situated nearby to the island Corn Holm, as well as near the islet Horse of Copinsay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dave Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Copinsay and Corn Holm.
Copinsay
Island
Photo: Peter Gordon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Copinsay is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying off the east coast of the Orkney Mainland. The smaller companion island to Copinsay, Horse of Copinsay lies to the northeast.
Corn Holm
Island
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Corn Holm is a small tidal island in Orkney, near Copinsay to the west, off the north-eastern coast of Scotland. There was once a small chapel there, and it is covered in birdlife.
Horse of Copinsay
Islet
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Horse of Copinsay, also known as the Horse, is a rectangular uninhabited sea stack to the north east of Copinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rose Ness.
Rose Ness
Locality
Photo: Mark Crook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rose Ness is a locality, which is situated 6 miles west of Copinsay Lighthouse.
Copinsay Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.89649° or 58° 53′ 47″ northLongitude
-2.67203° or 2° 40′ 19″ westElevation
115 feet (35 metres)Open location code
9CCVV8WH+H5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1329815864OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Slovak—“Copinsay Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Maják Copinsay”
- French: “phare de Copinsay”
- French: “Phare de Copinsay”
- Slovak: “kotsko”
- Slovak: “Maják Copinsay”
- Slovak: “š”
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