Nether Hill
Nether Hill is a peak in Edinburgh, Scotland and has an elevation of 203 feet. Nether Hill is situated nearby to the locality Powderhouse Corner, as well as near Hutton’s Section.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 203 feet
- Description: hill in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Lion’s Haunch”, “Lions Haunch”, “The Lion’s Haunch”, and “The Nether Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Arthur’s Seat and Holyrood Park.
Arthur’s Seat
Peak
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arthur's Seat is an ancient extinct volcano that is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland, which form most of Holyrood Park, described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".
Holyrood Park
Park
Photo: David Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holyrood Park is a public park in central Edinburgh, Scotland about 1 mile to the east of Edinburgh Castle. It has an array of hills, lochs, glens, ridges, basalt cliffs, and patches of gorse, providing a wild piece of highland landscape within its 650-acre area.
National Museum of Scotland
Museum
Photo: Maccoinnich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum, with international collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prestonfield and Mayfield.
Prestonfield
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prestonfield is a primarily residential suburb in the south of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. It lies to the east of the A7 road, as it leaves the city centre, approximately 3 miles south of the centre.
Mayfield
Neighborhood
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mayfield is an area of Edinburgh, Scotland, about one mile south from the city centre, with Craigmillar to the south-east and Newington to the north. Mayfield is also the name of several streets in the area.
Dumbiedykes
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dumbiedykes is a residential area in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. It mainly comprises public housing developments. It is bounded in the north by Holyrood Road, the west by the Pleasance and St Leonard's Street and the east by Holyrood Park.
Nether Hill
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.94256° or 55° 56′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.16207° or 3° 9′ 44″ westElevation
203 feet (62 metres)Open location code
9C7RWRVQ+25OpenStreetMap ID
node 1386210844OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Nether Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lions Haunch”
- Dutch: “Lions Haunch”
- Swedish: “Lions Haunch”
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