Meikle Mackie
Meikle Mackie is an islet in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Meikle Mackie is situated nearby to the locality Buchan Ness, as well as near the village Boddam.Places of Interest
Highlights include Buchan Ness Lighthouse and Brethren Meeting House.
Buchan Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
'Buchan Ness lighthouse is a light in Boddam, Aberdeenshire. Scotland. The area around the headland of Buchan Ness was for many centuries the point from which trading and whaling voyages departed across open ocean, bound for Archangel, Greenland and Spitsbergen amongst other destinations.
Brethren Meeting House
Church
Photo: Seasider53, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brethren Meeting House is a Category C listed building at 26 Gordon Street in Boddam, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was formerly a late-Victorian-era Wesleyan church.
Peterhead Power Station
Power station
Photo: PortHenry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peterhead Power Station is a multi-unit station owned and operated by SSE plc, with a capacity of 2,177 MW. It is located near Boddam and the A90, just south of Peterhead, in Aberdeenshire, in the northeast of Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buchan Ness and Boddam.
Buchan Ness
Locality
Buchan Ness is a bridged island that is connected to the village of Boddam on mainland Scotland by a road running over a short causeway. In 2022 the census recorded a permanent population on the island of a single individual.
Boddam
Village
Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY 2.0.
Boddam is a coastal village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is 29 miles north of Aberdeen and 3 miles south of Peterhead. The settlement of Stirling Village lies immediately to the west.
Clerkhill
Suburb
Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clerkhill is an area of the town of Peterhead in north east Scotland. Surrounded by the areas of Meethill, Dales Park and Coplandhill, it is one of the bigger areas of the town. Clerkhill is situated 2 miles northwest of Meikle Mackie.
Meikle Mackie
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.47435° or 57° 28′ 28″ northLongitude
-1.77366° or 1° 46′ 25″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9C9WF6FG+PGOpenStreetMap ID
way 173781320OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2642811Wikidata ID
Q24639480
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Meikle Mackie” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Meikle Mackie”
- Cebuano: “Meikle Mackie”
- German: “Meikle Mackie”
- Spanish: “Meikle Mackie”
- Swedish: “Meikle Mackie”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Stirling Village and Dundonnie.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Green Craig and Boddam Harbour.
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