Vaternish Lighthouse

Vaternish Point Lighthouse
	Vaternish Lighthouse
Location	Trumpan; Skye; Highland; Scotland
Coordinates	57°36′28″N 6°38′03″W / 57.607736°N 6.634134°W
Tower
Constructed	1924 (first)
Foundation	reinforced concrete
Construction	metal tower
Automated	1980
Height	7 metres (23 ft)
Shape	octagonal tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower and lantern
Power source	solar power
Operator	Northern Lighthouse Board
Light
First lit	1980 (current)
Focal height	21 metres (69 ft)
Range	8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 20s.

Vaternish Lighthouse was built on Waternish Point in 1924. The engineers were David and Charles Stevenson.^[2] The original lens was donated to the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.^[3]

The present tower was built in 1980, by engineer John Smith.^[4] It consists of a concrete base, aluminium light room and a GRP roof. Solar panels were installed in 2001.^[5] It is accessible on foot from the road at Trumpan.

Notes[edit]

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Highlands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Highlands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
^ "Lens, fourth order. Vaternish Lighthouse". eHive. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
^ "Vaternish". Northern Lighthouse Board. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
^ "Waternish Lighthouse". Photographers Resource. Retrieved 16 January 2011.

External links[edit]

Northern Lighthouse Board

[1] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Highlands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 24 May 2016.

[2] Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Highlands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 16 January 2011.

[3] "Lens, fourth order. Vaternish Lighthouse". eHive. Retrieved 16 January 2011.

[4] "Vaternish". Northern Lighthouse Board. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2011.

[5] "Waternish Lighthouse". Photographers Resource. Retrieved 16 January 2011.

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v t e Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board
Scotland (except principal island groups)	Ailsa Craig Ardnamurchan Bass Rock Bell Rock Buchan Ness Cape Wrath Chanonry Corran Point Corsewall Covesea Skerries Crammag Head Davaar Duncansby Head Dunnet Head Fidra Fife Ness Girdle Ness Holy Island (Outer) Inchkeith Isle of May Kinnaird Head Mull of Galloway Mull of Kintyre North Rona Noss Head Pladda Rattray Head Rubh Re St Abbs Head Sanda Scurdie Ness Stoer Head Strathy Point Stroma Sule Skerry Tarbat Ness Turnberry Minor lights
The Hebrides	Barra Head Butt of Lewis Dubh Artach Eilean Glas Flannan Islands Haskeir Hyskeir Lismore Monach Neist Point Ornsay Rinns of Islay Rubha nan Gall Rona Ruvaal Scarinish Skerryvore Tiumpan Head Ushenish Minor lights
Orkney	Auskerry Brough of Birsay Cantick Head Copinsay Hoy Sound (High) Hoy Sound (Low) North Ronaldsay Noup Head Pentland Skerries Start Point Tor Ness Minor lights
Shetland	Bressay Eshaness Fair Isle North Fair Isle South Firths Voe Foula Hoo Stack Little Holm Muckle Flugga Out Skerries Point of Fethaland Sumburgh Head Ve Skerries Minor lights
Isle of Man	Chicken Rock Douglas Head Langness (minor light) Maughold Head Point of Ayre Thousla Rock (minor light)

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