The Skerry

The Skerry is in , , . The Skerry is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Buchan Ness Lighthouse and Peterhead Power Station.

Lighthouse
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a lighthouse in Boddam, . 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 , and amongst other destinations.

Power station
Photo: PortHenry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a multi-unit station owned and operated by SSE plc, with a capacity of 2,177 MW. It is located near and the A90, just south of , in , in the northeast of Scotland.

Church
Photo: Seasider53, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Category C listed building at 26 Gordon Street in , , Scotland. It was formerly a late-Victorian-era Wesleyan church. A bellcote adorns the gable, without a bell but with a "spiky" finial in place.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buchan Ness and Boddam.

Locality
is a bridged island that is connected to the village of 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.

Village
Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY 2.0.
is a coastal village in Aberdeenshire, . It is 29 miles north of and 3 miles south of . The settlement of Stirling Village lies immediately to the west.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a port in 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

Latitude
57.47863° or 57° 28′ 43″ north
Longitude
-1.76781° or 1° 46′ 4″ west
Open location code
9C9WF6HJ+FV
Geo­Names ID
2637727
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