2021

ND3475 : Navigation Beacon south of Mell Head

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

Navigation Beacon south of Mell Head
Navigation Beacon south of Mell Head
The beacon stands on a skerry that extends some distance out from the shore.
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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ND3475, 8 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
David Dixon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 27 September, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 9 October, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ND 341 757 [100m precision]
WGS84: 58:39.8570N 3:8.2010W
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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