Tarbat Ness
Tarbat Ness is a headland that lies at the end of the Tarbat peninsula in Easter Ross, Scotland. The name is from the Gaelic tairbeart meaning "isthmus" and the Old Norse ness, meaning "headland". It lies to the south of the entrance to the Dornoch Firth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stuart Huyton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tarbat Ness Lighthouse.
Tarbat Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Tarbat Ness Lighthouse is located at the North West tip of the Tarbat Ness peninsula near the fishing village of Portmahomack on the east coast of Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portmahomack and Inver.
Portmahomack
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portmahomack is a small fishing village in Easter Ross, Scotland. It is situated in the Tarbat Peninsula in the parish of Tarbat. Tarbat Ness Lighthouse is about three miles from the village at the end of the Tarbat Peninsula.
Inver
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inver is a small village located on the south east shore of the Inver Bay at the point where the bay opens out into the Dornoch Firth and is in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Tarbat Ness
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland that lies at the end of the Tarbat peninsula in Easter Ross, Scotland
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.86676° or 57° 52′ 0″ northLongitude
-3.77343° or 3° 46′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C9RV68G+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2319077438OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2636242Wikidata ID
Q16901239
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tarbat Ness” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tarbat Ness”
- Chinese: “塔伯特岬”
- Japanese: “ターバット・ネス”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Rubha Thairbeirt”
- Swedish: “Tarbat Ness”
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