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Nigg Bay

Nigg Bay is a cove to the east of , between and Greg Ness, in the old parish of . The ruined parish church, St Fittick's, lies a short distance from the shore.
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Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay south-east of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Bay of Nigg” and “Nigg Bay, Aberdeen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Girdle Ness Lighthouse and St Fittick’s Church.

Lighthouse
Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY 2.0.
is situated near on the Girdle Ness peninsula just south of the entrance to 's harbour, in Scotland. It is an active light, managed by the Northern Lighthouse Board.

Ruins
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a ruins.

Ruins
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is an artillery battery near in , , which has overlooked the city's harbour since 1860. It was originally constructed for nine guns with a defensible barracks at the rear.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balnagask and Footdee.

Quarter
Photo: Lizzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area of , a burgh of in Scotland. is said to mean "the village in the hollow" in Gaelic. The Estate stretched from the golf course to the fields that overlooked both the Bay of Nigg and the railway line.

Suburb
Photo: Ettore Timi, CC BY 2.5.
, locally known as Fittie, is a picturesque area of , Scotland. A former fishing village, it lies at the entrance to Aberdeen Harbour. The name appears to mean "foot of the Dee", but it has also been linked to Fittick, a local saint.

Suburb
is a suburb of , , lying on the south bank of the River Dee. It was historically part of the county of Kincardineshire and was absorbed into the city of Aberdeen in 1891.

Nigg Bay

Latitude
57.13291° or 57° 7′ 59″ north
Longitude
-2.05453° or 2° 3′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C9V4WMW+55
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8786213871
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
2641495
Wiki­data ID
Q7033127
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Nigg Bay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Nigg Bay (luuk sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Aberdeen City)”
  • Cebuano: “Nigg Bay”
  • Irish: “Camas Neig”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nigg Bay i Aberdeenshire”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Camas Neig”
  • Swedish: “Nigg Bay (vik i Storbritannien, Aberdeen City)”
  • Swedish: “Nigg Bay”

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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 “Nigg Bay”. Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY-SA 3.0.