Durness
Local name: Diùranais
Located in Highland, Scotland Coordinates: 58°34′06″ N 4°44′47″ W
- Population
- 347
- 347
- Elevation
- 43 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
About Durness
Durness is a village. Location: Highland, Scotland. Population: 347. Elevation: 43 m.
Durness (Scottish Gaelic: Diùranais) is a village and civil parish in the north-west Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north coast of the country in the traditional county of Sutherland, around 120 miles (190 kilometres) north of Inverness. The area is remote, and the parish is huge and sparsely populated, covering an area from east of Loch Eriboll to Cape Wrath, the most northwesterly point of the Scottish mainland.
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In comparison
- No. 70 of 110 places in Highland by population
- Nearest larger town: Aultivullin, 41 km E
- 43 sights and natural places within 10 km Meall a' Bhuic, Durness Golf Course
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Meall a' Bhuic Mountain, Highland2.3 km N
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Durness Golf Course Mountain, Highland2.5 km W
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Beinn Ceannabeinne Mountain, Highland3.6 km SE
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Eilean Hoan Island, Highland4.1 km E
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Eilean Dubh Island, Scotland3.2 km W
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Kyle of Durness Natural site, Highland4.1 km W
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