North Rona

North Rona is the most remote island in Britain to have been inhabited long-term. It can be considered the outermost of the , but it's as far away from the rest of that archipelago as it is from mainland Scotland - 44 miles / 71 km.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Scottish island in the North Atlantic
  • Also known as: “Rona” and “Rònaigh”
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include North Rona Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
Photo: Roddy MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.

North Rona

Latitude
59.1251° or 59° 7′ 31″ north
Longitude
-5.8264° or 5° 49′ 35″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
9CFP45GF+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28220976
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2639183
Wiki­data ID
Q773842
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Satellite Map

Discover North Rona from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Western Frisian—“North Rona” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Rònaigh an Daimh”
  • Cebuano: “Rona, Outer Hebrides”
  • Cebuano: “Rona”
  • Chinese: “北羅納島”
  • Dutch: “North Rona”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “رونا”
  • Esperanto: “Norda Rono”
  • Faroese: “North Rona”
  • French: “North Rona”
  • German: “North Rona”
  • Hebrew: “צפון רונה”
  • Hebrew: “רונה”
  • Irish: “Rónaigh, Atlantach Thuaidh”
  • Irish: “Rónaigh”
  • Italian: “North Rona”
  • Japanese: “ノース・ロナ島”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “North Rona”
  • Russian: “Рона”
  • Russian: “Северная Рона”
  • Swedish: “Rona, Yttre Hebriderna”
  • Swedish: “Rona”
  • Vietnamese: “North Rona”
  • Western Frisian: “Noard Rona”

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