Bell Rock Lighthouse

The Bell Rock Lighthouse, off the coast of , is the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse. It was built between 1807 and 1810 by Robert Stevenson on the Bell Rock in the , 11 miles east of the .
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse off the coast of Angus, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Leuchtturm von Bell Rock”, “Маяк Белл Рок”, “Маяк Белл-Рок”, “منارة صخرة الجرس”, and “مناره بيل روك”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Inchcape.

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or the Bell Rock is a reef about 11 miles off…

Bell Rock Lighthouse

Latitude
56.43437° or 56° 26′ 4″ north
Longitude
-2.38683° or 2° 23′ 13″ west
Open location code
9C8VCJM7+P7
Geo­Names ID
11694307
Wiki­data ID
Q2305375
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Bell Rock Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Bell Rock”
  • Arabic: “منارة بيل روك”
  • Asturian: “Faru de Bell Rock”
  • Cebuano: “Bell Rock”
  • Chinese: “貝爾燈塔”
  • Chinese: “贝尔灯塔”
  • Czech: “Maják Bell Rock”
  • Dhivehi: “ބެލް ރޮކް ލައިޓް ހައުސް”
  • Dutch: “Bell Rock Lighthouse”
  • French: “phare de Bell Rock”
  • French: “Phare de Bell Rock”
  • German: “Bell Rock Lighthouse”
  • Hebrew: “המגדלור בבל רוק”
  • Italian: “Faro di Bell Rock”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bell Rock”
  • Polish: “Latarnia morska Bell Rock”
  • Russian: “Белл-Рок”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Taigh-solais Bell Rock”
  • Spanish: “Faro de Bell Rock”
  • Swedish: “Bell Rock fyr”
  • Swedish: “Bell Rock”
  • Turkish: “Bell Rock Deniz Feneri”
  • Welsh: “Goleudy Bell Rock”

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