2021

ND3579 : Stroma Lighthouse

taken 5 years ago, near to Nethertown, Island of Stroma, Scotland

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Stroma Lighthouse
Stroma Lighthouse
The current lighthouse on Stroma was built in 1896, replacing an earlier structure. The station was converted to automatic operation in 1997.
The Island of Stroma :: ND3577

The island of Stroma is the more southerly of the two islands in the Pentland Firth between the Orkney Islands and Caithness on the Scottish mainland. It lies about 2 miles (3 kilometres) northwest of John o' Groats on the mainland. The island divides the firth into two channels, the Inner Sound to the south and the Outer Sound to the north.

Mostly low-lying and flat, the island is oriented in a north-south direction, measuring about 2 mi (3 km) long by 1 mi (2 km) wide. It is now uninhabited; the last of the islanders having left in 1962. The island is now owned by one of its former inhabitants, who uses it to graze sheep.


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ND3579, 21 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 27 September, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 8 October, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ND 353 792 [100m precision]
WGS84: 58:41.7590N 3:7.0102W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ND 344 791
View Direction
EAST (about 90 degrees)
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