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| Scottish Gaelic name | Innse Coit |
|---|---|
| Meaning of name | wooded island[1][2] or Coeddi's island[2] |
| Location | |
  Inchkeith Inchkeith shown within the Firth of Forth | |
| OS grid reference | NT293826 |
| Coordinates | 56°02′00″N 3°08′06″W / 56.033333°N 3.135°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Islands of the Forth |
| Area | 22.9 hectares (57 acres)[3] |
| Highest elevation | 60 m |
| Administration | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council area | Fife |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 2[4] |
 | |
| References | [5][6][7] |
 Inchkeith Lighthouse | |
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| Location | Inchkeith Fife  Scotland United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| OS grid | NT2929682877 |
| Coordinates | 56°02′00″N 3°08′12″W / 56.033232°N 3.136643°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1804 |
| Designed by | Thomas Smith, Robert Stevenson  |
| Construction | stone tower |
| Automated | 1986 |
| Height | 19 metres (62 ft) |
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern attached to a 2-storey keeper’s house |
| Markings | ochre tower and building, black lantern |
| Operator | Forth Ports[8] [9] |
| Heritage | category B listed building |
| Light | |
| First lit | 14 September 1804 |
| Focal height | 67 metres (220 ft) |
| Lens | first order Fresnel lens |
| Light source | diesel engines |
| Intensity | 269,280 candela |
| Range | 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 15s. |
Inchkeith (from the Scottish Gaelic: Innis Cheith) is an island in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, administratively part of the Fife council area.
Inchkeith has had a colourful history as a result of its proximity to Edinburgh, its strategic location for use as a home for Inchkeith Lighthouse, and for military purposes defending the Firth of Forth from attack from shipping and more recently protecting the upstream Forth Bridge and Rosyth Dockyard. Inchkeith has, by some accounts, been inhabited (intermittently) for almost 1,800 years.
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Place-Names of Fifewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
gazwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
- ^ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southeastern Scotland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ Inchkeith Archived 13 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 15 May 2016