St. John’s Loch
St. John's Loch is a loch in the civil parish of Dunnet, in Caithness, Highland, Scotland. Loch Heilen and St. John's Loch are the two largest lochs in the parish.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ken Walton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Caithness, Highland, Scotland, UK, outflows south to the Burn of Dunnet
- Also known as: “St John’s Loch”, “St Johns Loch”, and “St. Johns Loch”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dunnet Church.
Dunnet Church
Church
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunnet Parish Church is a Church of Scotland church in Dunnet, Caithness, northern Scotland. References to St Mary's Parish Church are known from as far back as the 13th century, and there are pre-16th century gravestones in the churchyard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dunnet and Easter Head.
Dunnet
Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunnet is a village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland. It is within the Parish of Dunnet.
Easter Head
Locality
Photo: Asterion, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Dunnet Head is a peninsula on the northern coast of Caithness, Scotland, 10.5 miles west of John o' Groats. It terminates at Easter Head, the northernmost point on the island of Great Britain. Easter Head is situated 3 miles northwest of St. John’s Loch.
Castletown
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castletown is a village on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland, situated near Dunnet Bay. It is within the civil parish of Olrig, where it is the main settlement, and within the historic county of Caithness. Castletown is situated 3 miles southwest of St. John’s Loch.
St. John’s Loch
- Category: lake
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.6306° or 58° 37′ 50″ northLongitude
-3.33452° or 3° 20′ 4″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
9CCRJMJ8+65OpenStreetMap ID
way 25588999OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“St. John’s Loch” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “St Johns Loch”
- German: “St John’s Loch”
- Swedish: “St John’s Loch”
- Swedish: “St Johns Loch”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “St. John’s Loch”. Photo: Ken Walton, CC BY-SA 2.0.