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Isle of Hoy lighthouse by Oliver Greese

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Isle of Hoy lighthouse

Tower: Height: 32 metres, white conical tower

Elevation: 34 metres

Range: flashing white/ red every 8 seconds, visible for 20 (white) and 16 (red) miles

This light is operational

built 1851 by Alan Stevenson

Date automated: 1978

Current use: Active aid to navigation.
location

Isle of Graemsay, Orkney (a group of 67 islands lying off the north coast of Caithness)

useful links
Graemsay
Undiscovered Scotland - Orkney


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