Fort Augustus

Fort Augustus is a village in , the fault line that traverses the Scottish Highlands. It's at the south end of , midway between Fort William and Inverness, and in 2023 had a population of about 650.
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  • Type: Village with 640 residents
  • Description: village in Highland, Scotland, UK, at the south end of Loch Ness
  • Also known as: “Kiliwhimin”
Photo: Leandro Neumann Ciuffo, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Cherry Island and Fort Augustus Lighthouse.

Islet
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch Ness is a large freshwater loch in the .

Lighthouse
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Archaeological site
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an archaeological site.

Fort Augustus

Latitude
57.1448° or 57° 8′ 41″ north
Longitude
-4.6814° or 4° 40′ 53″ west
Population
640
Elevation
112 feet (34 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB FAU
Open location code
9C9Q48V9+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 281694663
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2649183
Wiki­data ID
Q1012033
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Fort Augustus” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Fort Augustus”
  • Breton: “Cille Chuimein”
  • Catalan: “Fort August”
  • Cebuano: “Fort Augustus”
  • Chinese: “奥古斯都堡”
  • Chinese: “奧古斯都堡”
  • Czech: “Fort Augustus”
  • Dutch: “Fort Augustus”
  • Estonian: “Fort Augustus”
  • French: “Fort Augustus”
  • German: “Fort Augustus”
  • Hausa: “Fort Augustus”
  • Irish: “Cille Chuimein”
  • Italian: “Fort Augustus”
  • Italian: “Forte Augusto”
  • Japanese: “フォート・オーガスタス”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort Augustus”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fort Augustus”
  • Norwegian: “Fort Augustus”
  • Polish: “Fort Augustus”
  • Russian: “Форт-Огастус”
  • Scots: “Fort Augustus”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Cille Chuimein”
  • Spanish: “Fort Augustus”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte Augusto”
  • Swedish: “Fort Augustus”
  • Urdu: “فورٹ اگسٹس”
  • Welsh: “Fort Augustus”

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