Bay of Caves
Bay of Caves is a bay in Highland Council, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stroma Lighthouse and MeyGen.
Stroma Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stroma is an uninhabited island in the Pentland Firth, between Orkney and the mainland of Scotland. It forms part of the civil parish of Canisbay in Caithness, in the Highland council area.
MeyGen
Power station
MeyGen is a tidal stream energy plant in the north of Scotland. The project is located in the Pentland Firth, specifically the Inner Sound between the Island of Stroma and the Scottish mainland.
Swona
Island
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swona is an uninhabited privately owned island in the Pentland Firth off the north coast of Scotland. It has a herd of feral cattle resulting from the abandonment of stock in 1974.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include John o’Groats and Duncansby Head.
John o’Groats
Photo: Davidcarroll, CC BY-SA 4.0.
John o'Groats is a village in the former county of Caithness on the far north coast of Scotland. With a population of about 300, it makes its living from tourism, as it's the traditional north terminus of the British mainland road network.
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.
Canisbay
Hamlet
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Canisbay is a rural hamlet located about one mile southwest of Huna and two and a half miles southwest of John o' Groats in Caithness, Scottish Highlands, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Bay of Caves
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.6935° or 58° 41′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.112° or 3° 6′ 43″ westOpen location code
9CCRMVVQ+95OpenStreetMap ID
node 1793510989OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Nethertown and Uppertown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Gloup and Stroma, Bught o‘ Camm.
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