Melness
in Highland of Scotland, United Kingdom
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Dornoch Airport (47 mi) - Wick Airport (49 mi)
- Flotta Isle Airport (51 mi)
- Kirkwall Airport (63 mi)
- RAF Kinloss (68 mi)
- Inverness Airport (69 mi)
- RAF Lossiemouth (69 mi)
- Westray Airport (78 mi)
- Aberdeen Dyce Airport (122 mi)
- Edinburgh Airport (182 mi)
- Heart of Neolithic Orkney (Unesco heritage, 67 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 58.517 and -4.433 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 58° 31' 0" and W -4° 25' 59"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 10:47 PM (Wednesday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:02 am and 9:25 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -46.483 and 169.700 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pounawea - References
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Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-05-08 08:04:21
Explore Melness
Melness in Highland (Scotland) is a city in United Kingdom about 513 mi (or 826 km) north of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Melness is now 10:47 PM (Wednesday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 10 airports in the vicinity of Melness, of which two are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Dornoch Airport in a distance of 47 mi (or 76 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Heart of Neolithic Orkney in a distance of 67 mi (or 108 km), North-East.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Highland, Inverness, Elgin, Kirkwall and Stornoway. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 16°C / 62 °F
| Morning Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 14°C / 56 °F |
| Night Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 60% |
| Air Pressure | 1022 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 80% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Thursday, 9th of May 2024
17°C (62 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 10th of May 2024
16°C (61 °F)
10°C (51 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Saturday, 11th of May 2024
16°C (61 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Videos from this area
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Talmine Bay 2nd June 2014
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Scotland. NW Highlands. Tongue to Durness via A838 on a BMW motorcycle.
Although the initial part of the ride from Tongue is a normal 2 lane "A" road, once the ride starts to go around Loch Eribol it becomes single track with passing places.
Ben Loyal Hotel, Tongue, 2011
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Lightning Strike on Garden Fence
Videos of a lightning strike during a strom in the north of Scotland. Very close proximity to house! Made us jump.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
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.
Castle Varrich
Castle Varrich is located in the far north of the Scottish highlands near to the village of Tongue, Highland, Scotland. The castle, known as Caisteal Bharraich in the Gaelic language, on a local high point of rock, overlooking both the Kyle of Tongue and the village of Tongue. The castles' precise origins and age are unknown.
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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".
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.
Kyle of Tongue
The Kyle of Tongue is a shallow sea loch in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. Featuring a rocky coastline, its mouth is formed at Tongue Bay. The community of Tongue is situated on the Kyle's eastern shore. Nearby are Ben Hope and Ben Loyal.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Melness.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Melness
