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Sumburgh Head Lighthouse

lighthouse at Sumburgh Head on the mainland of Shetland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
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Sumburgh Head Lighthouse

Summary

Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of lighthouse entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is located in Shetland Islands[3].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is located in Dunrossness[4].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's instance of is recorded as lighthouse[6].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is operated by Northern Lighthouse Board[7].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is used for differential GPS[8].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's Commons category is recorded as Sumburgh Head Lighthouse[9].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse comprises East Keeper's House, Sumburgh Head Lighthouse[10].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse comprises Engine House, Sumburgh Head Lighthouse[11].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse comprises Fog Horn, Sumburgh Head Lighthouse[12].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse comprises West Keeper's House, Sumburgh Head Lighthouse[13].
  • 1821 marks the founding of Sumburgh Head Lighthouse[14].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's OS grid reference is recorded as HU4072307872[15].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 59.8539, 'lon': -1.2747}[16].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's structural engineer is recorded as Robert Stevenson[17].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Mainland[18].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's significant event is recorded as automatization[19].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's significant event is recorded as unmanning[20].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's light characteristic is recorded as Fl(3) W 30s[21].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's heritage designation is recorded as category A listed building[22].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+17'}[23].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's has part is recorded as tread[24].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's focal height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+91'}[25].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's lighthouse range is recorded as {'unit': 'Q93318', 'amount': '+23'}[26].
  • Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's associated electoral district is recorded as Orkney and Shetland[27].

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Geography

Sumburgh Head Lighthouse is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Shetland Islands[3], an archipelago[28], in United Kingdom[29] and Dunrossness[4], a civil parish[30], in United Kingdom[31].

Designation and Status

Sumburgh Head Lighthouse's instance of is recorded as lighthouse[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as category A listed building[22].

History and Context

1821 marks the founding of Sumburgh Head Lighthouse[14].

Why It Matters

Sumburgh Head Lighthouse ranks in the top 6% of lighthouse entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . NGA List of Lights, Radio Aids and Fog Signals. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Canmore. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . nlb.org.uk. Retrieved . nlb.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2014. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Reeds PBO Small Craft Almanac 2014. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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