The Skerry
The Skerry is in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. The Skerry is situated nearby to the locality Buchan Ness, as well as near the village Boddam.Places of Interest
Highlights include Buchan Ness Lighthouse and Peterhead Power Station.
Buchan Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buchan Ness lighthouse is a lighthouse in Boddam, Aberdeenshire. Scotland. The area around the headland of Buchan Ness was for many centuries the point from which trading and whaling voyages departed across open ocean, bound for Archangel, Greenland and Spitsbergen amongst other destinations.
Peterhead Power Station
Power station
Photo: PortHenry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peterhead Power Station is a multi-unit station owned and operated by SSE plc, with a capacity of 2,177 MW. It is located near Boddam and the A90, just south of Peterhead, in Aberdeenshire, in the northeast of Scotland.
Brethren Meeting House
Church
Photo: Seasider53, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brethren Meeting House is a Category C listed building at 26 Gordon Street in Boddam, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was formerly a late-Victorian-era Wesleyan church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buchan Ness and Boddam.
Buchan Ness
Locality
Buchan Ness is a bridged island that is connected to the village of Boddam on mainland Scotland by a road running over a short causeway. In 2022 the census recorded a permanent population on the island of a single individual.
Boddam
Village
Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY 2.0.
Boddam is a coastal village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is 29 miles north of Aberdeen and 3 miles south of Peterhead. The settlement of Stirling Village lies immediately to the west.
Peterhead
Peterhead is a port in Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland, with a population of 19,060 in 2020. Its fishing industry collapsed in the 20th century and the town is run-down, but is near attractive coastal scenery.
The Skerry
- Type: Rock
- Category: landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.47863° or 57° 28′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.76781° or 1° 46′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C9WF6HJ+FVGeoNames ID
2637727
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