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.

Brough Ness

Locality

Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brough Ness is a locality, which is situated 4 miles east of Swona Lighthouse.

Sandwick

Locality

Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Herston

Hamlet

Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. Herston is historically a fishing village but its only industry to speak of is Herston Stained Glass, now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now inactive. Herston is situated 6 miles northeast 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

way 205005007

OpenStreetMap feature

building=lighthouse

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=lighthouse

GeoNames ID

11821086

Wikidata ID

Q29514969

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