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Discover Melness in United Kingdom

Melness in the region of Scotland is a town located in United Kingdom - some 513 mi or ( 826 km ) North of London , the country's capital .

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Local time in Melness is now 11:31 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Stornoway, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Kirkwall, Inverness, and Glasgow. When in this area, you might want to check out Stornoway . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Melness ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Tongue Bay

Tongue Bay (Scottish Gaelic: Tunga from Old Norse Tunga) is located in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. Skullomie is a small fishing and crofting hamlet at the head of the bay, while Melness is a group of crofting townships west of it. Talmine, a crofting and fishing township, is situated on Talmine Bay, an inlet on the western shore of Tongue Bay.

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Located at 58.52 -4.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Bays of Scotland, Sutherland

List of United Kingdom locations: Ra-Ray

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Located at 58.53 -4.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
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Rabbit Islands, Scotland

The Rabbit Islands are a group of three uninhabited small islands off the north coast of Sutherland, Scotland in Tongue Bay. In Scottish Gaelic, and occasionally in English, they are known as Eileanan nan Gall, which is sometimes anglicised as "Eilean-na-Gaeil" http://www. electricscotland. com/history/gazetteer/vol5page233. htm or "Eilean nan Gaill".

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Located at 58.53 -4.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Islands of Sutherland, Sites of Special Scientific Interest in North West Sutherland, Uninhabited islands of Scotland

Cnoc an Fhreiceadain

Cnoc an Fhreiceadain (Hill of Watching) is a seaside mountain peak in northern Scotland. It is modest in height at 312 m (approximately 1000 feet), but both commands the township of Coldbackie and provides dramatic views across to Kyle of Tongue, to Orkney in the east, and Arkle in the West. Cnoc an Fhreiceadain is an Old Red Sandstone conglomerate, and is around 400 Million Years old, dating from the middle of the Paleozoic era.

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Located at 58.50 -4.39 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Climbing areas of Scotland, Mountains and hills of Highland (council area), Mountains and hills of the Northwest Highlands

Braetongue

Braetongue is an area in northern Sutherland just north of the town of Tongue. Runrig mentions the "hills about Brae Tongue" in the song The Summer Walkers.

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Located at 58.48 -4.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Populated places in Sutherland