Sutherland
Sutherland is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. The name dates from the Viking era when the area was ruled by the Jarl of Orkney; although Sutherland includes some of the northernmost land on the island of Great Britain, it was called Suðrland from the standpoint of Orkney and Caithness.
- County with about 12,700 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 860 feet (260 metres)
- …is also known as “Sutherland County”
- Description: historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county of Scotland
- Neighbors: Ross and Cromarty
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Altnaharra.
Altnaharra
Altnaharra is a small hamlet in Sutherland in the Highland region of northern Scotland.
Sutherland
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Latitude
58.2501° or 58° 15′ 0″ north
Longitude
-4.5001° or 4° 30′ 0″ west
Open location code
9CCQ7F2X+2X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = county
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Sutherland” goes by many names.
ساذرلاندArabic
SutherlandBasque
SutherlandBreton
СутхерландширеBulgarian
SutherlandCatalan
SutherlandshireCebuano
修打蘭Chinese
薩瑟蘭Chinese
SutherlandDanish
SutherlandDutch
SutherlandshireDutch
SutherlandEsperanto
SutherlandGalician
סאת’רלנדHebrew
SutherlandIdo
CataibhIrish
SutherlandItalian
サザーランドJapanese
サザランドJapanese
서덜랜드주Korean
SutherlandKurdish
SutherlandLatin
SutherlandensisLatin
SaterlendaLatvian
SutherlandNorwegian
SutherlandNorwegian Bokmål
SutherlandNorwegian Nynorsk
SūðralandOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ساترلندPersian
SutherlandPolish
СазерлендRussian
СатерлендRussian
SutherlandScots
CataibhScottish Gaelic
SutherlandSerbo-Croatian
SutherlandSicilian
SutherlandSlovenian
SutherlandSwedish
SutherlandTurkish
سدرلینڈUrdu
SutherlandVenetian
Swydd SutherlandWelsh
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