Inner Sound
Inner Sound is a strait in Highland Council, Scotland. Inner Sound is situated nearby to the locality The Haven, as well as near Uppertown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include MeyGen and John O’Groats Mill.
MeyGen
Power station
MeyGen is a tidal stream energy plant in the north of Scotland. The project is located in the Pentland Firth, specifically the Inner Sound between the Island of Stroma and the Scottish mainland.
8 Doors distillery
Distillery
8 Doors Distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in John O'Groats, Caithness. The distillery was founded in 2022. It is the most northerly Scotch whisky distillery on the Scottish mainland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huna and Canisbay.
Huna
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huna is a small remote crofting township, located 1 mile northeast of Canisbay and 1.5 miles west of John o' Groats in Caithness, in Scotland. It is currently part of the Highland Council area.
Canisbay
Hamlet
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Canisbay is a rural hamlet located about one mile southwest of Huna and two and a half miles southwest of John o' Groats in Caithness, Scottish Highlands, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
John o’Groats
Photo: Davidcarroll, CC BY-SA 4.0.
John o'Groats is a village in the former county of Caithness on the far north coast of Scotland. With a population of about 300, it makes its living from tourism, as it's the traditional north terminus of the British mainland road network.
Inner Sound
- Type: Strait
- Description: sound in the Pentland Firth, Highland, Scotland, UK, between the north coast of Caithness, and Stroma
- Categories: sound and body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.65645° or 58° 39′ 23″ northLongitude
-3.12737° or 3° 7′ 39″ westOpen location code
9CCRMV4F+H3OpenStreetMap ID
way 931956818OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitGeoNames ID
2646166Wikidata ID
Q24641673
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Inner Sound” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Inner Sound”
- Cebuano: “Inner Sound (estretso sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Scotland, Highland, lat 58,65, long -3,13)”
- Cebuano: “Inner Sound”
- Swedish: “Inner Sound (sund i Storbritannien, Skottland, Highland, lat 58,65, long -3,13)”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Stroma Harbour and Mestag Castle.
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