Tongue
Tongue is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. It lies on the east shore above the base of the Kyle of Tongue and north of the mountains Ben Hope and Ben Loyal on the A836.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Village with 564 residents
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Tongue, Sutherland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Andrew’s Church, Tongue and Castle Varrich.
Castle Varrich
Castle
Castle Varrich is a castle in the far north of the Scottish Highlands, near the village of Tongue. The castle is on a local high point of rock, overlooking both the Kyle of Tongue and the village of Tongue.
Cnoc an Fhreiceadain
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cnoc an Fhreiceadain is a coastal mountain peak in northern Scotland. It is 307 metres high with commanding views along the north coast of Scotland to Orkney in the east to Durness and Arkle in the West. Cnoc an Fhreiceadain is situated 2 miles northeast of Tongue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coldbackie and Skullomie.
Coldbackie
Village
Photo: Dorcas Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coldbackie is a crofting township in Sutherland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Scotland. Coldbackie is situated 2 miles northeast of Tongue.
Skullomie
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scullomie is a small fishing and crofting township at the head of Tongue Bay in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. It is located around 3 miles north of the village of Tongue on the northern coast of Scotland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Skullomie is situated 3 miles northeast of Tongue.
Tongue
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.47958° or 58° 28′ 47″ northLongitude
-4.41732° or 4° 25′ 2″ westPopulation
564Elevation
167 feet (51 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB TGUOpen location code
9CCQFHHM+R3OpenStreetMap ID
node 357190278OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Tongue” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Tongue”
- Catalan: “Tongue”
- Cebuano: “Tongue”
- Chinese: “唐”
- Chinese: “汤恩”
- Chinese: “湯恩”
- Dutch: “Tongue”
- German: “Tongue (Highlands)”
- German: “Tongue (Schottland)”
- German: “Tongue”
- Hungarian: “Tongue”
- Irish: “Tunga, Cataibh”
- Irish: “Tunga”
- Italian: “Tongue”
- Japanese: “タング”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Tunga”
- Spanish: “Tongue”
- Swedish: “Tongue, Skottland”
- Swedish: “Tongue”
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tongue”. Photo: Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0.