Chanonry Point
Chanonry Point lies at the end of Chanonry Ness, a spit of land extending into the Moray Firth between Fortrose and Rosemarkie on the Black Isle, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Point
- Description: peninsula in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Chanonry”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chanonry Lighthouse and Fort George.
Chanonry Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Vcarceler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chanonry Point lies at the end of Chanonry Ness, a spit of land extending into the Moray Firth between Fortrose and Rosemarkie on the Black Isle, Scotland.
Fort George
Photo: Stephen Branley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort George is a large 18th-century fortress near Ardersier, to the north-east of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It was built to control the Scottish Highlands in the aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745, replacing a Fort George in Inverness constructed after the 1715 Jacobite rising to control the area. Fort George is situated 1½ miles northeast of Chanonry Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fortrose and Fortrose and Rosemarkie.
Fortrose
Town
Photo: nathanandrewbaker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fortrose is a town and former royal burgh on the Black Isle in the Highland council area of Scotland, about six miles northeast of Inverness. The town is known for its ruined 13th-century cathedral, and as the home of the Brahan Seer. Chanonry Point, a nearby headland projecting into the Moray Firth, is a popular location for dolphin spotting. Fortrose is situated 1½ miles northwest of Chanonry Point.
Fortrose and Rosemarkie
Photo: nathanandrewbaker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fortrose and Rosemarkie are two small towns a mile apart on the Black Isle in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands. In 2020 Fortrose had a population of 1680 and Rosemarkie had 640.
Rosemarkie
Village
Photo: Ulrich Hartmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rosemarkie is a village on the south coast of the Black Isle peninsula in Ross-shire, northern Scotland. Rosemarkie is situated 1½ miles north of Chanonry Point.
Chanonry Point
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Chanonry Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Chanonry Point”
- Dutch: “Chanonry Point”
- Japanese: “チャノンリー・ポイント”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chanonry Point”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gob na Cananaich”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Rubha na Cananaich”
- Spanish: “Chanonry Point”
- Swedish: “Chanonry Point”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Chanonry Point”. Photo: Shirehorse, CC BY-SA 3.0.