An t-Iasgair
Location | Skye Highland Scotland United Kingdom |
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Coordinates | 57°41′07″N 6°26′01″W / 57.6852°N 6.4335°W |
Construction | metal skeletal structure |
Markings | white structure |
Operator | Northern Lighthouse Board[1] |
Light | |
Focal height | 23 metres (75 ft) |
Light source | solar power |
Range | 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 6sec |
An t-Iasgair (Scottish Gaelic for the Fisherman) is a skerry in the Little Minch, to the north of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye. It lies 1.5 miles north north west of Ru Bornesketaig and is marked by a navigation light.[2] It is the largest and highest in a group of three rocks, with smaller neighbours of Sgeir nan Ruideag and An Dubh Sgeir.
See also
References
- ^ An-T-Iasgair Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 21 May 2016
- ^ "An-T-Iasgair". Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
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