Peterhead Bay
Peterhead Bay is a large remote industrial tidal 120° facing coastal embayment, located next to the planned community, commercial fishing and ship building town of Peterhead in the Presbytery of Deer, Buchan, Aberdeenshire, and is near the most easternmost point in mainland Scotland.Places of Interest
Highlights: HM Prison Peterhead and Peterhead Town House.
HM Prison Peterhead
Museum
HMP Peterhead was a prison in Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, operating from 1888 to 2013.
Peterhead Town House
Town hall
Peterhead Town House is a municipal structure in Broad Street, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Peterhead and Clerkhill.
Peterhead
Peterhead is a port in Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland, with a population of 19,060 in 2020.Peterhead Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.4982° or 57° 29′ 54″ north
Longitude
-1.78337° or 1° 47′ 0″ west
Open location code
9C9WF6X8+7M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Peterhead Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Peterhead Bay”
- Swedish: “Peterhead Bay”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Princess Royal Jetty and Smith Quay.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Albert Quay and Peterhead South.
Aberdeenshire: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Aberdeen and Stonehaven.
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