Carcraig
Carcraig is an islet in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Carcraig is situated nearby to the locality Mortimer’s Deep, as well as near Bell Rock.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Simon Johnston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Islet
- Description: small island in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK
- Historically known as: “Car Craig”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Inchcolm and Oxcars Lighthouse.
Inchcolm
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inchcolm is an island in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. The island has a long history as a site of religious worship, having started with a church, which later developed into a monastery and a large Augustine Abbey in the mid 13th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aberdour and Dalgety Bay.
Aberdour
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aberdour is a small town on the coast of Fife in central Scotland, and nowadays a commuter town for Edinburgh, with a population in 2011 of 1633.
Dalgety Bay
Town
Photo: Arcaist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dalgety Bay is a coastal town and parish in Fife, Scotland, on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, nine miles from Edinburgh city centre. The civil parish is the eighth-largest in Fife, with a population of 9,710 in 2020. Dalgety Bay is situated 2½ miles west of Carcraig.
Burntisland
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Burntisland is a port on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, in Fife in central Scotland, with a population of 6600 in 2020. Its west side is industrial and formerly had ship-building, but its east is a small seaside resort and commuter town for Edinburgh.
Carcraig
- Categories: island, rock, locality, and landform
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.03383° or 56° 2′ 2″ northLongitude
-3.28639° or 3° 17′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C8R2PM7+GCOpenStreetMap ID
way 503778137OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rockOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
Discover Carcraig from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Carcraig” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Carcraig”
- Swedish: “Carcraig”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mortimer’s Deep and Bell Rock.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Swallow Craig and Inchcolm Museum.
Fife: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Dunfermline, St Andrews, Kirkcaldy, and Glenrothes.
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