Sumburgh Head
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sumburgh-head-171-2637576
title:
Sumburgh Head
text:
Sumburgh Head is a headland located at the southern tip of the main island of the Shetland Archipelago, in northern Scotland. The head consists of a 100 m high rocky spur and topped by the Sumburgh Head Lighthouse. In the Old Norse language, Sumburgh Head was called Dunrøstar høfdi, it means "The Head onto the loud tide-race", referring to the noise of Sumburgh Roost. Robert Stevenson was the engineer in charge of building the Sumburgh Head lighthouse. Work started on the building in 1819, and t
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Headland in Scotland
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumburgh_Head
date created:
2005-07-21T06:36:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T04:31:11Z
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