Canisbay
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Cannisbay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include MeyGen and John O’Groats Mill.
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 2 miles north of Canisbay.
John O’Groats Mill
Watermill
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
John O’Groats Mill is a watermill, which is situated 1½ miles northeast of Canisbay.
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. 8 Doors distillery is situated 2 miles east of Canisbay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huna and John o’Groats.
Huna
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Freswick
Hamlet
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Freswick or Skirza, is a small remote hamlet, overlooking Freswick Bay to the east, in eastern Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Skirza lies directly northeast of Freswick. Freswick is situated 3 miles southeast of Canisbay.
Canisbay
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.63292° or 58° 37′ 59″ northLongitude
-3.12345° or 3° 7′ 24″ westElevation
125 feet (38 metres)Open location code
9CCRJVMG+5JOpenStreetMap ID
node 6524354684OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Canisbay” goes by many names.
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