Buchan Ness
Buchan Ness is a bridged island that is connected to the village of Boddam on mainland Scotland by a road running over a short causeway. In 2022 the census recorded a permanent population on the island of a single individual.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buchan Ness Lighthouse and Brethren Meeting House.
Buchan Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
'Buchan Ness lighthouse is a light in Boddam, Aberdeenshire. Scotland. The area around the headland of Buchan Ness was for many centuries the point from which trading and whaling voyages departed across open ocean, bound for Archangel, Greenland and Spitsbergen amongst other destinations.
Brethren Meeting House
Church
Photo: Seasider53, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brethren Meeting House is a Category C listed building at 26 Gordon Street in Boddam, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was formerly a late-Victorian-era Wesleyan church.
Peterhead Power Station
Power station
Photo: PortHenry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Peterhead Power Station is a multi-unit station owned and operated by SSE plc, with a capacity of 2,177 MW. It is located near Boddam and the A90, just south of Peterhead, in Aberdeenshire, in the northeast of Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boddam and Clerkhill.
Boddam
Village
Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY 2.0.
Boddam is a coastal village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is 29 miles north of Aberdeen and 3 miles south of Peterhead. The settlement of Stirling Village lies immediately to the west.
Clerkhill
Suburb
Photo: Ken Fitlike, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clerkhill is an area of the town of Peterhead in north east Scotland. Surrounded by the areas of Meethill, Dales Park and Coplandhill, it is one of the bigger areas of the town. Clerkhill is situated 2½ miles northwest of Buchan Ness.
Peterhead
Peterhead is a port in Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland, with a population of 19,060 in 2020. Its fishing industry collapsed in the 20th century and the town is run-down, but is near attractive coastal scenery.
Buchan Ness
- Type: Locality
- Description: headland in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: point and cape
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.47049° or 57° 28′ 14″ northLongitude
-1.77376° or 1° 46′ 26″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9C9WF6CG+5FOpenStreetMap ID
node 2141139642OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2654425Wikidata ID
Q24654461
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Buchan Ness” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Buchan Ness”
- Czech: “Buchan”
- Swedish: “Buchan Ness”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Stirling Village and Dundonnie.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Buchan Ness and Meikle Cammel.
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