Mull Head
Mull Head is a cape in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Mull Head is situated nearby to the locality Skaill, as well as near Bothe Geo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: RL Irvine, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Gloup.
The Gloup
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Gloup is a collapsed sea cave in the Mull Head Nature Reserve in the islands of Orkney, Scotland. The name derives from the Old Norse "gluppa", meaning a chasm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rerwick Head and Tankerness.
Tankerness
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. Essentially a peninsula, it is about 13 kilometres south-east of Kirkwall and 1 kilometre east of Kirkwall Airport.
Mull Head
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape on Mainland, in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.97187° or 58° 58′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.71012° or 2° 42′ 36″ westElevation
112 feet (34 metres)Open location code
9CCVX7CQ+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 8316766482OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mull Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mull Head (punta)”
- Cebuano: “Mull Head”
- Swedish: “Mull Head (udde)”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Skaill and Bothe Geo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brough of Deerness and Broch.
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