Craig Snow

Craig Snow is an islet in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Craig Snow is situated near the islet Little Donnon, as well as near Meikle Donnon.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Buchan Ness Lighthouse and Brethren Meeting House.

Buchan Ness Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Richard Slessor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Buchan Ness lighthouse is a lighthouse in Boddam, Aberdeenshire. Scotland. The area around the headland of Buchan Ness was for many centuries the point from which trading and whaling voyages departed across open ocean, bound for Archangel, Greenland and Spitsbergen amongst other destinations. Buchan Ness Lighthouse is situated 3,600 feet north of Craig Snow.

Brethren Meeting House

Church

Photo: Seasider53, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brethren Meeting House is a Category C listed building at 26 Gordon Street in Boddam, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was formerly a late-Victorian-era Wesleyan church. A bellcote adorns the gable, without a bell but with a "spiky" finial in place. Brethren Meeting House is situated 3,700 feet north of Craig Snow.

Peterhead Power Station

Power station

Photo: PortHenry, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Peterhead Power Station is a multi-unit station owned and operated by SSE plc, with a capacity of 2,177 MW. It is located near Boddam and the A90, just south of Peterhead, in Aberdeenshire, in the northeast of Scotland. Peterhead Power Station is situated 1¼ miles north of Craig Snow.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buchan Ness and Boddam.

Buchan Ness

Locality

Buchan Ness is a bridged island that is connected to the village of Boddam on mainland Scotland by a road running over a short causeway. In 2022 the census recorded a permanent population on the island of a single individual.

Boddam

Village

Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY 2.0.

Boddam is a coastal village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is 29 miles north of Aberdeen and 3 miles south of Peterhead. The settlement of Stirling Village lies immediately to the west.

Bullers of Buchan

Hamlet

Photo: hayley green, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The name Bullers of Buchan refers both to a collapsed sea cave and to the adjacent village, situated about 6 miles south of Peterhead in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Bullers of Buchan is situated 2½ miles southwest of Craig Snow.

Craig Snow

Type: Islet
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.46115° or 57° 27′ 40″ north

Longitude

-1.78033° or 1° 46′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C9WF669+FV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 204096545

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Little Donnon and Meikle Donnon.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Dundonnie Cottages and Forehill.

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