Commander Michael Slater Memorial

Commander Michael Slater Memorial is a memorial in Highland Council, Scotland. Commander Michael Slater Memorial is situated nearby to the village Scrabster, as well as near the quarter Burnside.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Holburn Head Lighthouse and Thurso Lifeboat Station.

Holburn Head Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Holborn Head is a rocky headland on the north-facing Atlantic coast of Caithness, Scotland. It forms the western termination of Thurso Bay. The name Holborn apparently comes from the Old Norse Hóllborg, meaning "hill fort". Holburn Head Lighthouse is situated 3,900 feet southeast of Commander Michael Slater Memorial.

Thurso Lifeboat Station

Building

Thurso Lifeboat Station is located at Scrabster Harbour, near the town of Thurso, in the administrative area of Highland, historically Caithness, on the north coast of mainland Scotland. Thurso Lifeboat Station is situated 4,100 feet south of Commander Michael Slater Memorial.

Thurso Castle

Castle

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

is a ruined 19th-century castle, located in Thurso, Caithness, in the Scottish Highlands. Situated in Thurso East,east of the River Thurso, the site can be seen from across the river. Thurso Castle is situated 2½ miles southeast of Commander Michael Slater Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scrabster and Burnside.

Scrabster

Village

Photo: Gestumblindi, CC0.

Scrabster is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. It is some 1+1⁄2 miles from Thurso, 22+1⁄2 miles from Wick, 112 miles from Inverness and 271.7 miles from Edinburgh.

Burnside

Quarter

Burnside is a predominantly residential area of Thurso, Caithness, in the Highland council area of Scotland. Much of the district was built up during the latter half of the 20th century, and this development began in the region of the bridge which carries the A9 road over Wolf Burn, at grid reference ND106691. Burnside is situated 1½ miles south of Commander Michael Slater Memorial.

Thurso

Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thurso is a town in Caithness on the far north coast of Scotland, with a population of 7390 in 2020. The name probably refers to the deity Thor, and this area was Norse until the 13th century.

Commander Michael Slater Memorial

Type: Memorial
Category: historic site
Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.6225° or 58° 37′ 21″ north

Longitude

-3.55456° or 3° 33′ 16″ west

Open location code

9CCRJCFW+25

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13324432389

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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