Waternish Point Lighthouse
Vaternish Lighthouse was built on Waternish Point in 1924. The engineers were David and Charles Stevenson. The original lens was donated to the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.Photo: Nigel Homer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: 1980 lighthouse in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Vaternish Lighthouse”, “Vaternish Point Lighthouse”, “Waternisch Point Lighthouse”, and “Waternish Point”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dun Borrafiach.
Dun Borrafiach
Archaeological site
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dun Borrafiach is an Iron Age broch located on the north coast of the island of Skye, in Scotland. Dun Borrafiach is situated 2 miles south of Waternish Point Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trumpan and Geary.
Trumpan
Village
Photo: PaulT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trumpan is a hamlet located on the Vaternish peninsula in the Isle of Skye, in the Scottish council area of the Highland. Trumpan Church, which is now a ruin, was the focus of a particularly brutal incident in 1578, when the Clan MacDonald of Uist travelled… Trumpan is situated 3½ miles south of Waternish Point Lighthouse.
Geary
Village
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Geary is a small crofting township, of some 40 houses, located on the remote northeast coast of the Waternish peninsula, overlooking the sea loch Loch Snizort, on the island of Skye, Scotland. Geary is situated 4 miles southeast of Waternish Point Lighthouse.
Halistra
Village
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Halistra, is a small crofting township located on the west coast of the Waternish peninsula, overlooking Loch Bay, on the island of Skye, Scotland. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Halistra is situated 4½ miles south of Waternish Point Lighthouse.
Waternish Point Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.60768° or 57° 36′ 28″ northLongitude
-6.6341° or 6° 38′ 3″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Inception
1980Open location code
9C9MJ958+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 1501241780OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11611185Wikidata ID
Q16902558
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In Other Languages
From Czech to French—“Waternish Point Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Maják Vaternish”
- French: “phare de Vaternish”
- French: “Phare de Vaternish”
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