Lybster
Lybster is a village on the east coast of Caithness in northern Scotland. It was once a big herring fishing port in the 19th century. The Waterlines heritage museum is located in Lybster Harbour and provides information on the history and geology of Lybster.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Latheron and Landhallow.
Latheron
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Latheron is a small village and civil parish in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, centred on the junction of the A9 with the A99. The Clan Gunn Heritage Centre and Museum is housed in the old Parish Church. Latheron is situated 3½ miles southwest of Lybster.
Landhallow
Hamlet
Landhallow is a small village, approximately 1 mile west of Latheron in eastern Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Landhallow is situated 4 miles west of Lybster.
Lybster
- Type: Village with 1,340 residents
- 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
58.30161° or 58° 18′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.28442° or 3° 17′ 4″ westPopulation
1,340Elevation
194 feet (59 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB LYBOpen location code
9CCR8P28+J6OpenStreetMap ID
node 30989590OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Lybster” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lybster”
- Chinese: “利布斯特 (蘇格蘭)”
- Chinese: “利布斯特”
- Dutch: “Lybster”
- French: “Lybster”
- Irish: “Liabost”
- Italian: “Lybster”
- Japanese: “リブスター”
- Scots: “Lybster”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Liabost”
- Swedish: “Lybster”
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