Inchkeith

This article is about the island of Scotland. For the community in Canada, see Inchkeith, Saskatchewan.

Not to be confused with Keith Inch, now part of Peterhead Harbour.

Inchkeith

Innse Coit (Gaelic)
Location
Inchkeith Inchkeith shown within the Firth of Forth
OS grid reference	NT293826
Coordinates	56.033333°N 3.135°W / 56.033333; -3.135
Name
Name meaning	wooded island or Coeddi's island
Physical geography
Island group	Islands of the Forth
Area	22.9 hectares (57 acres)
Highest elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Administration
Council area	Fife
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	0
References

Inchkeith Lighthouse

Inchkeith Lighthouse
Location	Inchkeith Fife Scotland United Kingdom
Coordinates	56.033232°N 3.136643°W / 56.033232; -3.136643
Constructed	1804
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 PLC
Fog signal	Org. 2 blasts of 3.5s. every 90s. Replaced in 1958 4 blasts of 1.5s. every 60 s. Decommissioned c. 2004
Light
Focal height	67 metres (220 ft)
Light source	diesel engines
Intensity	269,280 candela ?
Range	14 nautical miles [26 km]
Characteristic	Fl W 15s 67m 14M Inchkeith dome [Fl. 0.4s-14.6s]

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.