Melness
Melness is a locality comprising a group of small remote crofting townships, lying to the west of Tongue Bay opposite Coldbackie, in the north coast of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The individual hamlets are:…| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cnoc an Fhreiceadain.
Cnoc an Fhreiceadain
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cnoc an Fhreiceadain is a coastal mountain peak in northern Scotland. It is 307 metres high with commanding views along the north coast of Scotland to Orkney in the east to Durness and Arkle in the West. Cnoc an Fhreiceadain is situated 2½ miles southeast of Melness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skullomie and Coldbackie.
Skullomie
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scullomie is a small fishing and crofting township at the head of Tongue Bay in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands. It is located around 3 miles north of the village of Tongue on the northern coast of Scotland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Skullomie is situated 2 miles east of Melness.
Coldbackie
Village
Photo: Dorcas Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coldbackie is a crofting township in Sutherland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Scotland. Coldbackie is situated 2½ miles southeast of Melness.
Tongue
Village
Photo: Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0.
Tongue is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. It lies on the east shore above the base of the Kyle of Tongue and north of the mountains Ben Hope and Ben Loyal on the A836. Tongue is situated 3½ miles south of Melness.
Melness
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.5269° or 58° 31′ 37″ northLongitude
-4.42891° or 4° 25′ 44″ westElevation
249 feet (76 metres)Open location code
9CCQGHGC+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 6737289905OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Irish—“Melness” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ملنس”
- Basque: “Melness”
- Dutch: “Melness”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ملنس”
- Irish: “Taobh Mhealanais”
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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 “Melness”. Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 4.0.