Noss Head Marine Protected Area
Noss Head Marine Protected Area is a nature reserve in Highland Council, Scotland. Noss Head Marine Protected Area is situated nearby to the village Staxigoe, as well as near Papigoe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Sinclair Girnigoe and Noss Head Lighthouse.
Castle Sinclair Girnigoe
Castle
Photo: Sir Gawain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Sinclair Girnigoe is located about 3 miles north of Wick on the east coast of Caithness, Scotland. It is considered to be one of the earliest seats of Clan Sinclair.
Noss Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Doug Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Noss Head Lighthouse is an active 19th-century lighthouse near Wick in Caithness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located at the end of Noss Head, a peninsula on the north-west coast of Caithness that overlooks Sinclairs Bay, three miles north-east of Wick.
Wick John O‘ Groats Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wick John O' Groats Airport is located one nautical mile north of the town of Wick, at the north-eastern extremity of the mainland of Scotland. It is owned and maintained by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wick and Papigoe.
Wick
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wick is a town in Caithness in the far northeast of Scotland, with a population of 6870 in 2020. The name comes from Norse vik, meaning a bay. The town first grew up north of the river: in the 19th century the fishing port of Pulteney was established to the…
Papigoe
Village
Papigoe is a village on the east coast of Caithness, at the head of Broad Haven Bay in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Staxigoe
Village
Staxigoe is a former fishing village, located 2 miles east of Wick on the north-eastern coast of the former county of Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.
Noss Head Marine Protected Area
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.4638° or 58° 27′ 50″ northLongitude
-3.0245° or 3° 1′ 28″ westOpen location code
9CCRFX7G+G5OpenStreetMap ID
way 405133318OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Staxigoe Harbour and Cairn of Elsay, broch, Staxigoe.
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