Scrabster Bay
Thurso Bay, known also as Scrabster Bay, is a bay of Atlantic water between the points of Clairdon Head and Holborn Head on the north coast of Caithness, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Andy Farrington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Thurso Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Holburn Head Lighthouse and Thurso Castle.
Holburn Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Gestumblindi, CC0.
Holborn Head is a rocky headland on the north-facing Atlantic coast of Caithness, Scotland. It forms the western termination of Thurso Bay. The name Holborn apparently comes from the Old Norse Hóllborg, meaning "hill fort".
Thurso Castle
Castle
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a ruined 19th-century castle, located in Thurso, Caithness, in the Scottish Highlands. Situated in Thurso East,east of the River Thurso, the site can be seen from across the river.
Scrabster Castle
Ruins
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scrabster Castle was a castle, near Burnside, about 0.5 miles north and west of Thurso, and 0.5 miles south of the village of Scrabster, Highland in Scotland, south of Thurso Bay. It is on an eroding promontory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burnside and Thurso East.
Burnside
Quarter
Burnside is a predominantly residential area of Thurso, Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. Much of the district was built up during the latter half of the 20th century, and this development began in the region of the bridge which carries the A9 road over Wolf Burn, at grid reference ND106691.
Thurso East
Quarter
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thurso East is a coastline section of the Atlantic 0.5 miles east of Thurso, Caithness, northern Scotland. It is situated at the mouth of the River Thurso, overlooked by the remains of Thurso Castle.
Thurso
Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thurso is a town in Caithness on the far north coast of Scotland, with a population of 7390 in 2020. The name probably refers to the deity Thor, and this area was Norse until the 13th century.
Scrabster Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.60981° or 58° 36′ 35″ northLongitude
-3.52455° or 3° 31′ 28″ westOpen location code
9CCRJF5G+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 8639762890OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2635879Wikidata ID
Q7799428
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Scrabster Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Thurso Bay”
- Irish: “Bá Theòrsa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thurso Bay”
- Scots: “Thursa Bay”
- Swedish: “Thurso Bay”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as St Ola Pier and Holborn Head.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thurso Lifeboat Station and Ice Quay.
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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 “Scrabster Bay”. Photo: Andy Farrington, CC BY-SA 2.0.