South Compound & Gregness Breakwater

South Compound & Gregness Breakwater is in Aberdeen, Scotland. South Compound & Gregness Breakwater is situated near the wharf Crathes Quay, as well as near Dunnottar Quay.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Girdle Ness Lighthouse and St Fittick’s Church.

Girdle Ness Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Alan Jamieson, CC BY 2.0.

Girdle Ness Lighthouse is situated near Torry Battery on the Girdle Ness peninsula just south of the entrance to Aberdeen's harbour, in Scotland. It is an active light, managed by the Northern Lighthouse Board. Girdle Ness Lighthouse is situated 3,700 feet north of South Compound & Gregness Breakwater.

St Fittick’s Church

Ruins

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Fittick’s Church is a ruins, which is situated 3,700 feet northwest of South Compound & Gregness Breakwater.

Torry Battery

Ruins

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Torry Battery is an artillery battery near Torry in Aberdeen, Scotland, which has overlooked the city's harbour since 1860. It was originally constructed for nine guns with a defensible barracks at the rear. Torry Battery is situated 1 mile northwest of South Compound & Gregness Breakwater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balnagask and Torry.

Balnagask

Quarter

Photo: Lizzie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Balnagask is an area of Torry, a burgh of Aberdeen in Scotland. Balnagask is said to mean "the village in the hollow" in Gaelic. The Balnagask Estate stretched from the golf course to the fields that overlooked both the Bay of Nigg and the railway line.

Torry

Suburb

Torry is a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, lying on the south bank of the River Dee. It was historically part of the county of Kincardineshire and was absorbed into the city of Aberdeen in 1891.

Altens

Suburb

Altens is a district in Aberdeen, on the north-east coast of Scotland.

South Compound & Gregness Breakwater

Type: Construction
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.12877° or 57° 7′ 44″ north

Longitude

-2.04903° or 2° 2′ 57″ west

Open location code

9C9V4XH2+G9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 857799701

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=construction

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Crathes Quay and Dunnottar Quay.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Gregness Breakwater and South Breakwater Accropode Facility.

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