Muckle Flugga Lighthouse
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| Location: | Muckle Flugga, Shetland Islands, Scotland. |
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| Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) |
60°51.3’N 00°53.0’W |
| Construction: | Brick |
| Year first lit: | 1854(temporary light) 1858(permanent light) |
| Year first constructed: | 1855-1857 |
| Automated: | 1995 |
| Tower shape: | Circular cylinder |
| Markings/Pattern: | White |
| Height: | 20 m |
| Elevation: | 66 m |
| Range: | 32 Km |
| Characteristic: | White Gp.Fl.(2) every 20 secs |
The Muckle Flugga lighthouse punctuates the rocky stack of Muckle Flugga that faces the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean. Robert Louis Stevenson’s father and uncle designed and built the lighthouse here in 1854[1] and the writer visited it as a young man. As a result Unst became his insperation for the map of 'Treasure Island'. The lighthouse is served by the life boat from the lifeboat station on the Unst. Supplies are generally transferred by winch, from the boat in a natural cleft of the rocks that provides a degree of harbourage.
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