Rinns of Islay
Location | Orsay Isle Islay Inner Hebrides Scotland United Kingdom |
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Coordinates | 55°40′23″N 6°30′47″W / 55.673122°N 6.513112°W |
Constructed | 1825 |
Construction | masonry tower |
Automated | 1998 |
Height | 29 metres (95 ft) |
Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | white tower, black lantern, ochre trim |
Operator | Northern Lighthouse Board[1][2] |
Heritage | Site of Special Scientific Interest |
Light | |
Focal height | 46 metres (151 ft) |
Light source | solar power |
Intensity | 600.000 candela |
Range | 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 5s. |
Official name | Rinns of Islay |
Designated | 25 April 1990 |
Reference no. | 466[3] |
The Rinns of Islay (Scottish Gaelic: Na Roinn Ìleach; alternative English spelling Rhinns of Islay) is an area on the west of the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
It is a peninsula that is attached to the main body of the island by a narrow isthmus towards its northern end. The main population centres are Port Charlotte and Portnahaven, based on the A847 that runs along its eastern coast.
It is designated a Special Protection Area due to its importance for a number of breeding and wintering birds, particularly Greenland white-fronted goose and chough. The significance of the area owes much to its wide variety of habitats including bog, moorland, dune grassland, maritime grassland, marsh and extensively-farmed agricultural land.
The Rinns of Islay lighthouse is located on the island of Orsay.
The Rhinns complex, a deformed igneous complex that is considered to form the basement to the Colonsay Group of metasedimentary rocks takes its name from the Rhinns of Islay.
See also
References
- ^ Rinns of Islay The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 20 May 2016[dead link]
- ^ Rinns of Islay Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 20 May 2016
- ^ "Rinns of Islay". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
External links
- Special Protection Area designation
- Northern Lighthouse Board
- Map sources for Rinns of Islay
55°44′22″N 6°26′19″W / 55.73954°N 6.43872°W
- Pages using infobox lighthouse which are not lighthouses
- Landforms of Islay
- Special Protection Areas in Scotland
- Ramsar sites in Scotland
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Islay and Jura
- Special Areas of Conservation in Scotland
- Geological type localities of Scotland
- Peninsulas of Scotland
- Works of Robert Stevenson
- Scottish Site of Special Scientific Interest stubs
- Argyll and Bute geography stubs