Balcary Point
Balcary Point is a cape in Scotland, United Kingdom. Balcary Point is situated nearby to the locality Lot’s Wife, as well as near Door of the Heugh.Places of Interest
Highlights include Balcary Lifeboat Station and Hestan Island.
Balcary Lifeboat Station
House
Balcary Lifeboat Station was located under Balcary Hill at Balcary Point, at the southern end of Auchencairn Bay, overlooking Hestan Island on the Solway Firth, approximately 10 miles south of Castle Douglas, in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Hestan Island
Island
Photo: Simon Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hestan Island is a small coastal island at the southern foot of the River Urr estuary in the Solway Firth, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dundrennan.
Dundrennan
Village
Photo: Ed Iglehart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dundrennan is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about 5 miles east of Kirkcudbright. Its population is around 230. Dundrennan is located in the civil parish of Rerrick in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire.
Balcary Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.82466° or 54° 49′ 29″ northLongitude
-3.8264° or 3° 49′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C6RR5FF+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 994884642OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2656602
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Localities in the Area
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