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NLB Muckle Flugga Lighthouse helipad

Muckle Flugga

SCO-139

1858-

UK 4nm NW of Saxa Vord, Shetland Islands, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

60.855639, -0.885128 · 200 feet
Location

Unst, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Nearby Locations

Km
Saxa Vord SXV 4.0 145°
Saxa Vord Spaceport 7.5 125°
Baltasound Airport EGPW 12.2 172°
Fetlar Airfield FEA 28.1 179°
Out Skerries 48.5 171°
Shetland Scatsta EGPM 52.1 206°
Originally built as a temporary light on a precipitous rock in 1854, it was known then as North Unst. After the full force of the weather and sea states were better understood, a more permanent structure was completed in 1858.

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