Kinnaird Head

Kinnaird Head is a headland projecting into the , within the town of , , on the east coast of Scotland. The 16th-century Kinnaird Castle was converted in 1787 for use as the Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, the first lighthouse in Scotland to be lit by the Commissioners of Northern Lights.
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  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of 26 feet (8 metres)
  • …is also known as “Kinnairds Head”
  • Description: headland in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of Scottish Lighthouses and Kinnaird Head Lighthouse.
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There are two lighthouses located on Kinnaird Head…
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fraserburgh and Broadsea.
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is a fishing port in , with a population in 2020 of 13,000.
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is a community situated in in the north east of .
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is a small fishing village in … is situated 2 miles west of Kinnaird Head.

Kinnaird Head

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Latitude
57.69871° or 57° 41′ 55″ north
Longitude
-2.00429° or 2° 0′ 16″ west
Open location code
9C9VMXXW+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8270002264
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
2645380
Wiki­data ID
Q31312419

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Kinnaird Head” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kinnaird Head”
  • Chinese: “金奈尔德角”
  • Chinese: “金纳德角”
  • French: “Kinnaird Head”
  • German: “Kinnaird Castle”
  • Hebrew: “קינרד הד”
  • Irish: “An Ceann Árd, Comhairle Shiorrachd Obar Dheathain”
  • Irish: “An Ceann Àrd, Comhairle Shiorrachd Obar Dheathain”
  • Irish: “An Ceann Árd”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kinnaird Head”
  • Polish: “Kinnaird”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Ceann Àrd”
  • Swedish: “Kinnaird Head”
  • Urdu: “کنیرڈ ہیڈ”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fraserburgh Dry Dock and Baillie Dickson’s Jetty.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lighthouse Grounds and Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.

Aberdeenshire: Highlights

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