Scarton Point
Scarton Point is a cape in Highland Council, Scotland. Scarton Point is situated nearby to the locality The Haven, as well as near Uppertown.Places of Interest
Highlights include MeyGen and Stroma Lighthouse.
MeyGen
Power station
MeyGen is a tidal stream energy plant in the north of Scotland. The project is located in the Pentland Firth, specifically the Inner Sound between the Island of Stroma and the Scottish mainland.
Stroma Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stroma is an uninhabited island in the Pentland Firth, between Orkney and the mainland of Scotland. It forms part of the civil parish of Canisbay in Caithness, in the Highland council area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huna and John o’Groats.
Huna
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huna is a small remote crofting township, located 1 mile northeast of Canisbay and 1.5 miles west of John o' Groats in Caithness, in Scotland. It is currently part of the Highland Council area.
John o’Groats
Photo: Davidcarroll, CC BY-SA 4.0.
John o'Groats is a village in the former county of Caithness on the far north coast of Scotland. With a population of about 300, it makes its living from tourism, as it's the traditional north terminus of the British mainland road network.
Canisbay
Hamlet
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Canisbay is a rural hamlet located about one mile southwest of Huna and two and a half miles southwest of John o' Groats in Caithness, Scottish Highlands, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Scarton Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.67165° or 58° 40′ 18″ northLongitude
-3.10526° or 3° 6′ 19″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9CCRMVCV+MVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1793658025OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2638400
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Baptist Chapel and Cairn Hill (Stroma).
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