South Stack
South Stack is a hill in Scotland, United Kingdom and has an elevation of 144 feet. South Stack is situated nearby to the locality Whiterow, as well as near the village Newton.Places of Interest
Highlights include Wick railway station and Wick Town and County Hospital.
Wick railway station
Railway station
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Wick railway station is a railway station located in Wick, in the Highland council area in the far north of Scotland. It serves the town of Wick and other surrounding areas in the historic county of Caithness, including Staxigoe, Papigoe and Haster. Wick railway station is situated 2½ miles north of South Stack.
Wick Town and County Hospital
Hospital
Wick Town and County Hospital is a health facility in Seaforth Avenue, Wick, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Highland. Wick Town and County Hospital is situated 1½ miles north of South Stack.
Wick Heritage Museum
Museum
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Wick Heritage Museum is situated 2 miles north of South Stack.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thrumster and Wick.
Thrumster
Village
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Thrumster is a crofting township on the main A99 road between Wick and Inverness. It is the nearest village to Wick. The transmission mast used to broadcast BBC television and radio signals to Caithness was located here until 1960. Thrumster is situated 2 miles southwest of South Stack.
Wick
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Wick is a town in Caithness in the far northeast of Scotland, with a population of 6870 in 2020. The name comes from Norse vik, meaning a bay. The town first grew up north of the river: in the 19th century the fishing port of Pulteney was established to the…
Sarclet
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sarclet is a remote clifftop crofting township, situated on the east coast of Caithness, lying slightly north of Loch Sarclet in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Sarclet is situated 2½ miles southwest of South Stack.
South Stack
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 144 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.40947° or 58° 24′ 34″ northLongitude
-3.08887° or 3° 5′ 20″ westElevation
144 feet (44 metres)Open location code
9CCRCW56+QFGeoNames ID
12616155
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