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Smoo Cave

Smoo Cave is a large combined sea cave and freshwater cave in in , , . The cave name, which was previously known as Smow or Smo, may originate from the Norse 'smjúga' or 'smuga', meaning a narrow cleft, or hole.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Durness Smoo Youth Hostel and Eilean Hoan.

Hostel
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 550 feet west of Smoo Cave.

Island
is an island in in on the north coast of Scotland. It is about 28 hectares in extent and the highest point is 25 metres above sea level. is situated 1½ miles east of Smoo Cave.

Church
Photo: Twosugars47040, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 2 miles northwest of Smoo Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Durness and Ceannabeinne.

Photo: Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0.
is a village in on the far north coast of Scotland, with a population of 347 in 2011. Most of the terrain of this region is impermeable gneiss, carpeted by boggy heathland.

Locality
Photo: RH Dengate, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a ruined village within the parish of , in the county of , in the far north of the Highlands of .

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in the parish of , , , and is in the council area of Highland. It is on the north coast of Scotland around 3⁄4 mile northwest of Durness. is situated 2 miles northwest of Smoo Cave.

Smoo Cave

Latitude
58.56331° or 58° 33′ 48″ north
Longitude
-4.71989° or 4° 43′ 12″ west
Elevation
95 feet (29 metres)
Open location code
9CCQH77J+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9386746849
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Geo­Names ID
2640187
Wiki­data ID
Q947881
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Smoo Cave” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Smoo Cave”
  • Cebuano: “Pocan Smoo”
  • Chinese: “斯摩洞”
  • Dutch: “Smoo Cave”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف سموو”
  • French: “Grotte de Smoo”
  • French: “Smoo Cave”
  • German: “Smoo Cave”
  • Swedish: “Pocan Smoo”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Smoo Cave”
  • Welsh: “Ogof Smoo”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Smoo Cave”. Photo: Spike, CC BY-SA 4.0.