Durness
Durness is a village in Sutherland on the far north coast of Scotland, with a population of 347 in 2011. Most of the terrain of this region is impermeable gneiss, carpeted by boggy heathland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Clive Nicholson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Village with 347 residents
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Durine”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Smoo Cave and Balnakeil Church.
Smoo Cave
Cave
Photo: Spike, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smoo Cave is a large combined sea cave and freshwater cave in Durness in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland. The cave name, which was previously known as Smow or Smo, may originate from the Norse 'smjúga' or 'smuga', meaning a narrow cleft, or hole.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balnakeil and Ceannabeinne.
Balnakeil
Hamlet
Photo: Superbass, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Balnakeil is a hamlet in the parish of Durness, Sutherland, Scottish Highlands, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is on the north coast of Scotland around 3⁄4 mile northwest of Durness.
Ceannabeinne
Locality
Photo: RH Dengate, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ceannabeinne is a ruined village within the parish of Durness, in the county of Sutherland, in the far north of the Highlands of Scotland. Ceannabeinne is situated 2½ miles southeast of Durness.
Achiemore
Hamlet
Photo: RH Dengate, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achiemore was a crofting community located on the Cape Wrath peninsula near the village of Durness in the Scottish county of Sutherland. The hamlet is just south of the farmstead of Daill on the western shore of the Kyle of Durness. Achiemore is situated 2½ miles west of Durness.
Durness
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.5685° or 58° 34′ 7″ northLongitude
-4.747° or 4° 44′ 49″ westPopulation
347Elevation
141 feet (43 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB DNSOpen location code
9CCQH793+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 5118068058OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Durness” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Durness”
- Bulgarian: “Дурнес”
- Catalan: “Durness”
- Cebuano: “Durness”
- Chinese: “德內斯”
- Chinese: “德内斯”
- Chinese: “杜內斯”
- Chinese: “杜内斯”
- Dutch: “Durness”
- French: “Durness”
- German: “Durness”
- Hebrew: “ריספונד”
- Irish: “Diùranais”
- Italian: “Durness”
- Japanese: “ダーネス”
- Lithuanian: “Dernesas”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Diùranais”
- Spanish: “Durness”
- Swedish: “Durness”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Durness”. Photo: Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0.