Dornoch Firth

The Dornoch Firth is a firth on the east coast of , in northern . It forms part of the boundary between , to the south, and , to the north.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Tain railway station and Glenmorangie distillery.

Railway station
is an unstaffed railway station serving the area of in the council area of . The station is on the Far North Line, 44 miles 23 chains from , between and .

Distillery
is a distillery in , Ross-shire, Scotland, that produces single malt Scotch whisky. The distillery is owned by The Glenmorangie Company Ltd, whose main product is the range of Glenmorangie single malt whisky.

Museum
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The Tain & District Museum is located in , Ross-shire, Scotland. It is volunteer-run and is open April to October part of the Tain Through Time visitor centre. The museum was established in 1966 and has a collection of silver made in the local area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tain and Dornoch.

is a town in in the , with a population of 3570 in 2020. It's on the coast 40 miles north of Inverness on the A9 and the railway line to Thurso.

Town
Photo: Dg-505, CC BY 3.0.
is a town, seaside resort, parish and former royal burgh in the county of in the Highlands of . It lies on the north shore of the Firth, near to where it opens into the to the east.

Hamlet
is a small hamlet, located 0.5 mile directly southeast of , and 1.5 miles west of , in south east , and is in the council area of Highland.

Dornoch Firth

Latitude
57.84448° or 57° 50′ 40″ north
Longitude
-4.05366° or 4° 3′ 13″ west
Open location code
9C9QRWVW+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 698899913
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
2651087
Wiki­data ID
Q1246011
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Dornoch Firth” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Dornocheko fiordoa
  • Catalan: Dornoch Firth
  • Cebuano: Dornoch Firth
  • Chinese: 多諾赫峽灣
  • Chinese: 多諾赫灣
  • Chinese: 諾克弗斯
  • Dutch: Dornoch Firth
  • French: Caolas Dhòrnaich
  • French: Dornoch Firth
  • German: Dornoch Firth
  • Hebrew: מפרץ דורנוך
  • Irish: Caolas Dhòrnaich
  • Japanese: ドーノック湾
  • Japanese: ドーノホ湾
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Dornoch Firth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Dornoch Firth
  • Norwegian: Dornoch Firth
  • Scottish Gaelic: Caolas Dhòrnaich
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dornoch Firth
  • Swedish: Dornoch Firth
  • Welsh: Moryd Dornoch

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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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 “Dornoch Firth”. Photo: sylvia duckworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.