Gruney
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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.
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- Lighthouse.qid
- Q28476838
- Lighthouse.name
- Gruney Lighthouse
- Lighthouse.image
- Gruney, Ramna Stacks - geograph.org.uk - 1932129.jpg
- Lighthouse.caption
- Isle of Gruney
- Lighthouse.location
- Gruney IsleShetlandScotlandUnited Kingdom
- Lighthouse.yearbuilt
- 1976 (first)
- Lighthouse.yearlit
- 2004 (current)
- Lighthouse.automated
- 1976
- Lighthouse.yeardeactivated
- 2004 (first)
- Lighthouse.foundation
- concrete base
- Lighthouse.construction
- metal skeletal tower
- Lighthouse.shape
- quadrangular tower covered by aluminium panels with light on the top
- Lighthouse.marking
- white tower
- Lighthouse.characteristic
- Fl WR 5s.
- Lighthouse.managingagent
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
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- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Shetland Islands
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Shetland Islands
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- North Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- Gruney from Point of Fethaland (geograph 2075143).jpg
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- Gruney
- historic county
- Shetland Islands
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- Grunay
- native label
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gruney” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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