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Great Orme Lighthouse

In or near Q996492.

Great Orme Lighthouse — former lighthouse in Conwy, Wales.

Great Orme Lighthouse

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Great Orme Lighthouse is a lighthouse in north. Established 1862. (Headland in north Wales.) Wikipedia notes: "The Great Orme is a limestone headland on the north coast of Wales, north-west of the town of Llandudno. Referred to as Cyngreawdr Fynydd by the 12th-century poet Gwalchmai ap Meilyr, its English name derives from the Old Norse word for sea serpent.". Coordinates 53.3423°, -3.8689°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
53.3423, -3.8689
Established
1862

Sources

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