Keiss

Keiss is a fishing village at the northern end of Sinclair's Bay on the east coast of Caithness in Scotland's Highland Council area.

Photo: Fergus Mather, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Whitegate Broch and Keiss Castle.

Whitegate Broch

Archaeological site

Photo: Paul E Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitegate Broch is an archaeological site.

Keiss Castle

Castle

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nybster Broch

Archaeological site

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Nybster Broch is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Keiss.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Auckengill and Reiss.

Auckengill is a settlement within the Scottish council area of Highland, 6 miles south of John o' Groats, on the east coast of Caithness. Auckengill is situated 1⁄2 mile north of Nybster. Auckengill is situated 2 miles northeast of Keiss.

Reiss

Village

Photo: Flaxton, CC BY 3.0.

Reiss is a village in the former county of Caithness, now in the Highland council area of northern Scotland. It is well known in the Caithness area for its beach and also the 18-hole Wick golf course. Reiss is situated 4 miles south of Keiss.

Keiss

Type: Village with 653 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

58.53502° or 58° 32′ 6″ north

Longitude

-3.12362° or 3° 7′ 25″ west

Population

653

Elevation

72 feet (22 metres)

United Nations Location Code

GB KES

Open location code

9CCRGVPG+2H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1593425979

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2645882

Wikidata ID

Q3777234

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Keiss” goes by many names.

Basque: “Keiss”
Dutch: “Keiss”
German: “Keiss”
Irish: “Cèis”
Scottish Gaelic: “Cèis”
Swedish: “Keiss”
Urdu: “کئیس”

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