Syster
Syster is a locality in Highland Council, Scotland. Syster is situated nearby to the locality Lochend, as well as near Inkstack.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch Heilen.
Loch Heilen
Photo: Peter Gamble, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Heilen is a loch in the civil parish of Dunnet in Caithness, Scotland. St. John's Loch and Loch Heilen are the two largest lochs in the parish. It is about two miles inland from Dunnet Bay to the west, which is on the north coast of Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reaster and Dunnet.
Reaster
Hamlet
Reaster is a settlement in the civil parish of Bower, Caithness in the Scottish Highlands. It is near to the site of a former GCHQ monitoring station, which was decommissioned in 1978. Reaster is situated 2½ miles south of Syster.
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. Dunnet is situated 3½ miles northwest of Syster.
Harrow
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harrow is a hamlet on the north coast of Caithness, Scotland. It lies just to the west of the Castle of Mey and northeast of the Loch of Mey. Harrow Harbour, also called Philips Harbour, was built in the 19th century by the Earl of Caithness for exporting the local flagstone slabs. Harrow is situated 3½ miles north of Syster.
Syster
- Type: Locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.60211° or 58° 36′ 8″ northLongitude
-3.25912° or 3° 15′ 33″ westElevation
187 feet (57 metres)Open location code
9CCRJP2R+R9GeoNames ID
13282710
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