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Sketch map of Dunnet Head, showing position of Easter Head
"Most northerly point of mainland Britain."

Dunnet Head (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Dùnaid) is a peninsula in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland.[1][2] Dunnet Head includes the most northerly point of both mainland Scotland and the island of Great Britain.

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 12 Thurso & Wick (John O’Groats) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319226124.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

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Dunnet Head Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse that stands on the 300-foot (91 m) cliff top of Easter Head on Dunnet Head. The lighthouse...

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Dunnet

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Dunnet is a village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. It is within the Parish of Dunnet. The village centres on the A836–B855 road junction...

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Duncansby Head

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20 km (12 mi) east-southeast of Dunnet Head, the northernmost point of both the Scottish and British mainlands. Duncansby Head is located in Caithness, Highland...

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Holborn Head

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unfenced off promontory of Holborn Head itself. There are clear views over to Dunnet Head and to the Orkney Islands. Holburn Head Lighthouse, spelt 'Holburn'...

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Thurso

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name of tarvodubron meaning "bull water" or "bull river"; similarly Dunnet Head was tarvedunum standing for "bull fort" and the name of the town name...

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Pentland Firth

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extends from Dunnet Head in the west to Duncansby Head in the east, while on the Orkney (northern) side from Tor Ness on Hoy in the west to Old Head on South...

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List of extreme points of the United Kingdom

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below. Northernmost point – Dunnet Head at 58°40′N 3°22′W / 58.667°N 3.367°W / 58.667; -3.367, known also as Easter Head, Caithness, Highland Northernmost...

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Caithness

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coast are Sandside Bay, Thurso Bay and Dunnet Bay, Dunnet Head (the northernmost point of Britain) and Duncansby Head (the north-east tip of Britain); along...

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Civil Service lifeboats

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Annes in 1939, Renamed Dunleary without Civil Service No.7 designation Dunnet Head (Civil Service No. 31) was destroyed by a fire on 10 December 1956 at...

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North Highland Way

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115-mile (185 km) route from John o' Groats to Cape Wrath via Dunnet Head, Holborn Head, Strathy Point and Skerray. The area of the proposed route is...

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Brough

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Way Middlesbrough, a town in North Yorkshire Brough, Caithness, near Dunnet Head Brough, Shetland Brough, Yell, Shetland Brough of Birsay, a tidal island...

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Armeria maritima

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Armeria maritima Armeria maritima at Dunnet Head, Scotland Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots...

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List of countries by northernmost point

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(Denmark) Viðareiði 62°23′N  United Kingdom Out Stack, Shetland Islands Dunnet Head (mainland) 60°51′N 58°40′N  Åland (Finland) Brändö 60°40′N  Estonia Vaindloo...

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List of peninsulas

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Cromarty Cowal, Argyll and Bute Doonie Point, Aberdeenshire Dunnet Head, Caithness Faraid Head, Sutherland Fife Kintyre, Argyll and Bute Knoydart, Lochaber...

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Borders of the oceans

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500°W / 65.083; -13.500 (Gerpir)) in Iceland". Defined by IHO as "From Dunnet Head (3°22'W) in Scotland to Tor Ness (58°47'N) in the Island of Hoy, thence...

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Thurso Lifeboat Station

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lives of 138 people. Disaster struck Thurso Lifeboat Station in 1956. Dunnet Head (Civil Service No.31) (ON 920) arrived on service at Thurso in January...

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Firth

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Rattar (all Caithness) Headlands: Brims Ness, Brough Ness, Duncansby Head, Dunnet Head Islands: Hoy, Pentland Skerries, Swona, South Ronaldsay, South Walls...

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Ness Point

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mainland. Lizard Point, southernmost point of the British mainland. Dunnet Head, northernmost point of the British mainland. Marshall Meadows Bay, northernmost...

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Keith Inch

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19th century, although an occasional "massive" stone wall can be found. Dunnet Head – Scotland's most northerly point on the mainland Mull of Galloway –...

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George Dunnet

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George Mackenzie Dunnet CBE FRSE FIN FRSA (19 April 1928 – 11 September 1995) was a Scottish ornithologist and ecologist. He acted as an official advisor...

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North Sea

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51°10'01.4"N 1°24'07.8"). northeast of Dover. On the Northwest. From Dunnet Head (58°40'20"N, 3°22'30"W) in Scotland to Tor Ness (58°47'N) in the Island...

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List of RSPB reserves

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Highland Cottascarth and Rendall Moss, Orkney Culbin Sands, Highland Dunnet Head, Caithness Fairy Glen, Highland Fetlar, Shetland Forsinard, Sutherland...

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