Scartan Point
Scartan Point is a cape in Orkney Islands, Scotland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Muckle Skerry and Muckle Skerry Lighthouse.
Muckle Skerry
Islet
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Muckle Skerry is the largest of the Pentland Skerries, a group of uninhabited islets that lie off the north coast of Scotland in the Pentland Firth. It is home to the Pentland Skerries Lighthouse, in the north of the island.
Pentland Skerries Low Light
Lighthouse
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pentland Skerries Low Light is a lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Duncansby Head and Brough Ness.
Duncansby Head
Locality
Photo: Russ McLean, CC BY 3.0.
Duncansby Head is the most northeasterly part of both the Scottish and British mainlands, slightly northeast of John o' Groats. It lies approximately 20 km east-southeast of Dunnet Head, the northernmost point of both the Scottish and British mainlands.
Scartan Point
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.6885° or 58° 41′ 19″ northLongitude
-2.9158° or 2° 54′ 57″ westOpen location code
9CCVM3QM+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 13630225182OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Muckle Skerry and Louther Skerry.
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