Faraid Head
Faraid Head is a small peninsula on the northern coast of Sutherland, Scotland, located around two miles north of the hamlet of Balnakeil and three miles north of Durness.
- Cape
- …lies at an elevation of 328 feet (100 metres)
- Description: headland in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as“An Fharaid”“Farout Head”“Rubha na Faraid”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Balnakeil Church and Balnakeil Mill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balnakeil and Durness.
Faraid Head
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Latitude
58.60453° or 58° 36′ 16″ north
Longitude
-4.77435° or 4° 46′ 28″ west
Open location code
9CCQJ63G+R7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Faraid Head” goes by many names.
- Breton: “An Fharaid”
- Cebuano: “Faraid Head”
- Cornish: “An Fharaid”
- Dutch: “Faraid Head”
- German: “Faraid Head”
- Irish: “An Fharaid”
- Irish: “An Fharaird”
- Irish: “Rubha na Faraid”
- Manx: “An Fharaid”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Faraid Head”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Fharaid”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An Fharaird”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Faraid”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Rubha na Faraid”
- Swedish: “Faraid Head”
- Welsh: “An Fharaid”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Leac Fir Dhùirnis and Cnoc nan Sgliat.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Clach Bheag na Faraid and Clach Mhòr na Faraid.
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