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Round Island Lighthouse
Round Island, Isles of Scilly
Location:	Round Island, Isles of Scilly, England
Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS)	49°58.70'N 06°19.35W
Year first lit:	1887
Automated:	1988
Markings/Pattern:	White
Height:	19 m
Focal Height:	35 m
Intensity:	340,000 CD
Range:	44.5 Km
Characteristic:	One White Flash Every 10 Seconds

Round Island Lighthouse, located on Round Island, was built in 1887 by William Tregarthen Douglass and automated in 1987. Round Island, the most northerly outpost of the Scillies, is a 40m mass of granite, the top forming a platform on which Trinity House built a lighthouse and dwellings in 1887 under conditions of extreme difficulty. The sheer rock face made the unloading of building materials almost impossible.

See also

• List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly

External links

• Information on the Round Island Lighthouse at Trinity House

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Coordinates: 49°58.7′N 06°19.35′W / 49.9783, -6.3225

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