Durness
Sign in to saveDurness () 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 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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Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Sango Bay - Durness.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Sango Bay
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Durness
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Diùranais
- UK place.population
- 347
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NC403677
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 668
- UK place.map_type
- Sutherland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +347
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.durness.org
- Image
- Sunrise at Sango Bay - geograph.org.uk - 371048.jpg
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- P7959
- Sutherland
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Durness () 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 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.
The population is dispersed and includes a number of townships including Kempie, Eriboll, Laid, , Sangobeg, Leirinmore, Smoo, Sangomore, Durine, Balnakeil and Keoldale.