Inchindown oil tanks
The Inchindown oil tanks is a disused underground oil depot in Invergordon, Ross-shire, Scotland. The tanks hold the record for the longest reverberation in any man-made structure, surpassing the Hamilton Mausoleum in 2014.Photo: Rod Lightbody, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: disused oil depot in Scotland
- Also known as: “Inchindown RN Underground Fuel Tanks” and “Underground Fuel Reservoir, Inchindown”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Newmore Castle.
Newmore Castle
Building
Photo: QuintusPetillius, Public domain.
Newmore Castle is situated just north of the town of Alness in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. Newmore Castle is situated 1½ miles south of Inchindown oil tanks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alness and Invergordon.
Alness
Town
Photo: Simon Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alness is a town and civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It lies near the mouth of the River Averon, near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon three miles to the east, and the village of Evanton four miles to the southwest. Alness is situated 3½ miles southwest of Inchindown oil tanks.
Invergordon
Town
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Invergordon is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It lies in the parish of Rosskeen. Invergordon is situated 4 miles south of Inchindown oil tanks.
Barbaraville
Village
Photo: William Grierson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barbaraville is a small settlement on the north shore of Nigg Bay in the Cromarty Firth in the Highland council area of Scotland, and hisotrically split between Ross-shire and a portion of Cromartyshire. Barbaraville is situated 4 miles east of Inchindown oil tanks.
Inchindown oil tanks
- Categories: oil depot and historic site
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.74098° or 57° 44′ 28″ northLongitude
-4.20494° or 4° 12′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C9QPQRW+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 1345618494OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q17513656
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In Other Languages
“Inchindown oil tanks” goes by many names.
- German: “Tanklager Inchindown”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Inchindown RN Underground Fuel Tanks and Kinrive Hill.
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