Qid: | Q28476838 |
Gruney Lighthouse | |
Location: | Gruney Isle Shetland Scotland United Kingdom |
Coordinates: | 60.6529°N -1.3032°W |
Yearbuilt: | 1976 (first) |
Yearlit: | 2004 (current) |
Automated: | 1976 |
Yeardeactivated: | 2004 (first) |
Foundation: | concrete base |
Construction: | metal skeletal tower |
Shape: | quadrangular tower covered by aluminium panels with light on the top |
Marking: | white tower |
Height: | 7m (23feet) |
Focalheight: | 53m (174feet) |
Characteristic: | Fl WR 5s. |
Managingagent: | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds [1] |
Gruney is a small, uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland. It lies north of the Northmavine peninsula of the Shetland Mainland, from which it is separated by the Gruney Sound.
Gruney has a population of Leach's petrels, one of just two in Shetland. It is not a National Nature Reserve, but the RSPB has a management agreement with the owners.
The island is also home to a lighthouse.