Huna
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 139 residents
- Description: village in Caithness, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Huna, Caithness”
Places of Interest
Highlights include John O’Groats Mill and MeyGen.
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. MeyGen is situated 1½ miles northwest of Huna.
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 John o’Groats and Canisbay.
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.
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.
Duncansby Head
Locality
Photo: Russ McLean, CC BY 3.0.
Duncansby Head is the most northeasterly part of both the Scottish and British mainlands, slightly northeast of John o' Groats. It lies approximately 20 km east-southeast of Dunnet Head, the northernmost point of both the Scottish and British mainlands. Duncansby Head is situated 2½ miles east of Huna.
Huna
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.64111° or 58° 38′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.097° or 3° 5′ 49″ westPopulation
139Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)Open location code
9CCRJWR3+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1788007424OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2646423Wikidata ID
Q5941955
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Huna” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Huna”
- Irish: “Huna”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Huna”
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Highlights include Green Hill Broch and John o‘ Groats Community Fire Station.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Huna”. Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.