Caithness
Sign in to saveCaithness (; ; ) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Caithness
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Historic county
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Caithness.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150px
- Settlement.flag_link
- Flag of Caithness
- Settlement.image_map
- File:Caithness-Scotland.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Sovereign state
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Council area
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Highland
- Settlement.seat_type
- County town
- Settlement.seat
- Wick
- Settlement.unit_pref
- UK
- Settlement.area_total_sq_mi
- 618
- Settlement.area_note
- Ranked 14th of 34
- Settlement.population_total
- 25,347
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Geography
- Natural heritage
- History
- Shire and county
- Since 1975
- Parishes
- Community councils
- Parliamentary constituency
- Towns and villages
- Transport
- Language
- Flag
- Local media
- Newspapers
- Radio
- See also
- References
- External links
Caithness (; ; ) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.
There are two towns, being Wick, which was the county town, and Thurso. The county includes the northernmost point of mainland Britain at Dunnet Head, and also the most north-easterly point at Duncansby Head near John o' Groats. The Flow Country is the largest blanket bog in Europe, and covers a large inland area in the west of the county. Caithness has a land boundary with the historic county of Sutherland to the west and is otherwise bounded by sea. The land boundary follows a watershed and is crossed by two roads (the A9 and the A836) and by one railway (the Far North Line). Across the Pentland Firth, ferries link Caithness with Orkney, and Caithness also has an airport at Wick. The Pentland Firth island of Stroma is within Caithness.