Girdle Ness DGPS-Transmitter
Girdle Ness DGPS-Transmitter is a tower in Aberdeen, Scotland. Girdle Ness DGPS-Transmitter is situated nearby to Girdle Ness Lighthouse, as well as near the ruins Torry Battery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Girdle Ness Lighthouse and Torry Battery.
Girdle Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY 2.0.
Girdle Ness Lighthouse is situated near Torry Battery on the Girdle Ness peninsula just south of the entrance to Aberdeen's harbour, in Scotland. It is an active light, managed by the Northern Lighthouse Board.
Torry Battery
Ruins
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Torry Battery is an artillery battery near Torry in Aberdeen, Scotland, which has overlooked the city's harbour since 1860. It was originally constructed for nine guns with a defensible barracks at the rear. Torry Battery is situated 2,300 feet northwest of Girdle Ness DGPS-Transmitter.
St Fittick’s Church
Ruins
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Fittick’s Church is a ruins, which is situated 3,000 feet west of Girdle Ness DGPS-Transmitter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balnagask and Footdee.
Balnagask
Quarter
Photo: Lizzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balnagask is an area of Torry, a burgh of Aberdeen in Scotland. Balnagask is said to mean "the village in the hollow" in Gaelic. The Balnagask Estate stretched from the golf course to the fields that overlooked both the Bay of Nigg and the railway line.
Footdee
Suburb
Photo: Ettore Timi, CC BY 2.5.
Footdee, locally known as Fittie, is a picturesque area of Aberdeen, Scotland. A former fishing village, it lies at the entrance to Aberdeen Harbour. The name appears to mean "foot of the Dee", but it has also been linked to Fittick, a local saint.
Torry
Suburb
Torry is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, lying on the south bank of the River Dee. It was historically part of the county of Kincardineshire and was absorbed into the city of Aberdeen in 1891.
Girdle Ness DGPS-Transmitter
- Type: Tower
- Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.13846° or 57° 8′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.0489° or 2° 2′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C9V4XQ2+9CGeoNames ID
12524676
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