Bell Rock Lighthouse
The Bell Rock Lighthouse, off the coast of Angus, Scotland, is the world's oldest working sea-washed lighthouse. It was built between 1807 and 1810 by Robert Stevenson on the Bell Rock in the North Sea, 11 miles east of the Firth of Tay.
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- …is operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board
- …stands 116 feet (35 metres) tall
- Description: lighthouse off the coast of Angus, Scotland, UK
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Latitude
56.4342° or 56° 26′ 3″ north
Longitude
-2.3873° or 2° 23′ 14″ west
Open location code
9C8VCJM7+M3
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OpenStreetMap feature
building = lighthouse
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made = lighthouse
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Bell Rock Lighthouse” goes by many names.
Bell RockAlbanian
منارة بيل روكArabic
منارة صخرة الجرسArabic
مناره بيل روكArabic
Faru de Bell RockAsturian
Bell RockCebuano
貝爾燈塔Chinese
贝尔灯塔Chinese
Maják Bell RockCzech
ބެލް ރޮކް ލައިޓް ހައުސްDhivehi
Bell Rock LighthouseDutch
המגדלור בבל רוקHebrew
Faro di Bell RockItalian
Bell RockNorwegian Bokmål
Latarnia morska Bell RockPolish
Белл-РокRussian
Маяк Белл-РокRussian
Taigh-solais Bell RockScottish Gaelic
Bell RockSwedish
Bell Rock fyrSwedish
Bell Rock Deniz FeneriTurkish
Goleudy Bell RockWelsh
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