Start Point Lighthouse
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse on Sanday, in Orkney, Scotland
- Also known as: “Sanday, Start Point Lighthouse”, “Start Point (Sanday) Lighthouse”, and “Start Point Lighthouse, Sanday”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bustatoun.
Bustatoun
Hamlet
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bustatoun is a village on the island of North Ronaldsay, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Cross and Burness. Bustatoun is situated 6 miles north of Start Point Lighthouse.
Start Point Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.27743° or 59° 16′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.37589° or 2° 22′ 33″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
9CFV7JGF+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 611644313OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Start Point Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de Start Point”
- French: “Phare de Start Point”
- Swedish: “Start Point fyr”
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