page_title: Eigg
section_title: Lighthouse
hierarchical_section_title: Eigg / Lighthouse
caption_attribution_description: English: Screenshot of Eigg (Inner Hebrides, Scotland) from World Wind software displaying NASA Landsat imagery. The website says "The Landsat Global Mosaic, Blue Marble, and the USGS raster maps and images are all Public Domain." (http://www.worldwindcentral.com/wiki/World_Wind_FAQ)
context_page_description: Eigg is one of the Small Isles, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It lies to the south of the Isle of Skye and to the north of the Ardnamurchan peninsula. Eigg is 9 kilometres long from north to south, and 5 km east to west. With an area of 12 sq mi, it is the second largest of the Small Isles after Rùm. Eigg generates virtually all of its electricity using renewable energy.
context_section_description: Eigg lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the south-eastern corner of the islet of Eilean Chathastail, one of the smaller Small Isles about 110 metres (360 ft) off Eigg. The lighthouse was built in 1906 to a design by David A. and Charles Alexander Stevenson; it is a cylindrical metal tower only 8 metres (26 ft) high with gallery and lantern painted white. It is a minor light among those owned by Northern Lighthouse Board but day-to-day management rests with the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust. The light emits a white flash every 6 seconds.
caption: Satellite view of Eigg. Eilean Chathastail is the small island on the bottom right
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