Big Rock
Big Rock is an island in Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland. Big Rock is situated nearby to the town Newport-on-Tay, as well as near the suburb Woodhaven.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include RRS Discovery and V&A Dundee.
RRS Discovery
RRS Discovery is a barque-rigged auxiliary steamship built in Dundee, Scotland for Antarctic research. Launched in 1901, she was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in the United Kingdom.V&A Dundee
Museum
Photo: Disde, CC BY-SA 4.0.
V&A Dundee is a design museum in Dundee, Scotland, which opened on 15 September 2018. The V&A Dundee is the first design museum in Scotland and the first Victoria and Albert museum outside London.
Dundee railway station
Railway station
Photo: Laerol, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dundee railway station serves the city of Dundee on the east coast of Scotland. It is situated on the northern, non-electrified section of the East Coast Main Line, 59+1⁄4 miles northeast of Edinburgh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dundee and West End.
Dundee
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dundee is an industrial city and port, historically part of Angus county in northeast Scotland. It stands on the north bank of the River Tay, which here broadens out into the North Sea, and in 2022 had a population of 148,000.
West End
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The West End is an area of Dundee, Scotland. Bordered to the south by the River Tay, to the north by Blackness and to the east by the city centre, the West End is primarily an affluent residential area surrounding its main commercial thoroughfare, Perth Road, and the main campus of the University of Dundee.
Hilltown
Suburb
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hilltown in Dundee, Scotland, is a mainly residential area to the north of the City Centre and lying to the south of the main circular road.
Big Rock
- Type: Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.4421° or 56° 26′ 31″ northLongitude
-2.9415° or 2° 56′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C8VC3R5+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 12349630052OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Newport-on-Tay and Woodhaven.
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