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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 Lighthouse
Tower
Isle of Gruney

Location	Gruney Isle Shetland Scotland United Kingdom
Coordinates	60.652884°N 1.303184°W / 60.652884; -1.303184
Constructed	1976 (first)
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	metal skeletal tower
Automated	1976
Height	7 metres (23 ft)
Shape	quadrangular tower covered by aluminium panels with light on the top
Markings	white tower
Power source	solar power
Operator	Royal Society for the Protection of Birds [1]

Light
First lit	2004 (current)
Deactivated	2004 (first)
Focal height	53 metres (174 ft)
Range	8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi) (white), 6 nmi (11 km; 6.9 mi) (red)
Characteristic	Fl WR 5s.

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.

References

Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Scotland: Shetland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

External links

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Northern Lighthouse Board
grid reference HU382967

v t e Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board
Scotland (except principal island groups)	Ailsa Craig Ardnamurchan Bass Rock Bell Rock Buchan Ness Cape Wrath Chanonry Corran Point Corsewall Covesea Skerries Crammag Head Davaar Duncansby Head Dunnet Head Fidra Fife Ness Girdle Ness Holy Island (Outer) Inchkeith Isle of May Kinnaird Head Mull of Galloway Mull of Kintyre North Rona Noss Head Pladda Rattray Head Rubh Re St Abbs Head Sanda Scurdie Ness Stoer Head Strathy Point Stroma Sule Skerry Tarbat Ness Turnberry Minor lights
The Hebrides	Barra Head Butt of Lewis Dubh Artach Eilean Glas Flannan Islands Haskeir Hyskeir Lismore Monach Neist Point Ornsay Rinns of Islay Rubha nan Gall Rona Ruvaal Scarinish Skerryvore Tiumpan Head Ushenish Minor lights
Orkney	Auskerry Brough of Birsay Cantick Head Copinsay Hoy Sound (High) Hoy Sound (Low) North Ronaldsay Noup Head Pentland Skerries Start Point Tor Ness Minor lights
Shetland	Bressay Eshaness Fair Isle North Fair Isle South Firths Voe Foula Hoo Stack Little Holm Muckle Flugga Out Skerries Point of Fethaland Sumburgh Head Ve Skerries Minor lights
Isle of Man	Chicken Rock Douglas Head Langness (minor light) Maughold Head Point of Ayre Thousla Rock (minor light)

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[de] Gruney

Gruney ist eine unbewohnte Insel im Nordwesten der zu Schottland zählenden Shetlands. Sie liegt etwa anderthalb Kilometer nördlich des Point of Fethaland, dem nördlichsten Punkt der Hauptinsel Mainland, im Nordatlantik. Die fast quadratische Insel hat eine Länge und Breite von jeweils rund 300 Metern, ihr höchster Punkt liegt bei 47 Metern. Auf Gruney betreibt das Northern Lighthouse Board seit 1976 einen mittlerweile automatisierten Leuchtturm.[1]

- [en] Gruney

[es] Gruney

Gruney (no confundir con Grunay, isla de las Skerries Exteriores) es una pequeña isla deshabitada, localizada en el archipiélago de las Shetland, Escocia. Se encuentra ubicada al norte de la península de Northmavine.

[fr] Gruney

Gruney est une île des Shetland.

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