Meikle Donnon
Meikle Donnon is an islet in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Meikle Donnon is situated nearby to the islet Little Donnon, as well as near Craig Snow.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 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 2,900 feet northeast of Meikle Donnon.
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. Brethren Meeting House is situated 2,800 feet north of Meikle Donnon.
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 1 mile north of Meikle Donnon.
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 Meikle Donnon.
Meikle Donnon
- Type: Islet
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.46351° or 57° 27′ 49″ northLongitude
-1.78121° or 1° 46′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C9WF679+CGOpenStreetMap ID
way 204096549OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Donnon and Craig Snow.
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