Swona Lighthouse
Swona Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Swona Lighthouse is situated nearby to the locality Brough Ness.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Swona.
Swona
Island
Swona is an uninhabited privately owned island in the Pentland Firth off the north coast of Scotland. It has a herd of feral cattle resulting from the abandonment of stock in 1974.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brough Ness and Sandwick.
Sandwick
Locality
Sandwick is a parish on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, 4 miles north of Stromness. The parish's name derives from the Old Norse Sandvík meaning "Sand Bay". Sandwick is situated 5 miles northeast of Swona Lighthouse.
Point of Hackness
Locality
Point of Hackness is a locality, which is situated 6 miles northwest of Swona Lighthouse.
Swona Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.73747° or 58° 44′ 15″ north
Longitude
-3.0705° or 3° 4′ 14″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
9CCRPWPH+XQ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=lighthouse
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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