Muckle Flugga

Muckle Flugga
	Muckle Flugga
Waters	North Sea
Archipelago	The Holms of Burra Firth, Shetland Islands
Geographical location	60 ° 51 '20 " N , 0 ° 53' 9" W Coordinates: 60 ° 51 '20 " N , 0 ° 53' 9" W.
length	272 m
width	140 m
surface	2.3 ha
Highest elevation	53 m
Residents	uninhabited

The Shetland island of Muckle Flugga (north of the island of Unst ) is - after the rock reef Out Stack , which is even further north - the northernmost place in the United Kingdom . It belongs to the group of The Holms of Burra Firth and is separated from Little Flugga, which adjoins it to the south, only by a few meters wide, impassable canal. Little Flugga, Cliff Skerry, Tipta Skerry, Rumblings, Vesta Skerry and Ruskock are all southwest of Muckle Flugga, only Out Stack is further north and northeast respectively.

The Out Stack as seen from Muckle Flugga

On the summit platform rocky islet of 1854 by the brothers is Thomas Stevenson and David Stevenson built and 20 meter high lighthouse , the northernmost building in the British Isles. The island reaches a height of around 53 meters (excluding the lighthouse).

The Muckle Flugga lighthouse , which is only quite small and painted white, has a fire height of 66 meters above sea level and a range of 22 nautical miles with the identifier: two lightning bolts white every 20 seconds. The tower has been looked after by the British lighthouse management Northern Lighthouse Board since it was first planned in 1851 .

The island has been uninhabited since the automation in 1995 and the departure of the lighthouse keepers.

Web links

Commons : Muckle Flugga - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Northern Lighthouse Board: Portrait Muckle Fugga.Retrieved January 28, 2009

[1] Northern Lighthouse Board: Portrait Muckle Fugga.Retrieved January 28, 2009