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ETRS89 (; ) is a headland on the peninsula in RhumbSolve online rhumb line calculator
Ardnamurchan Point is commonly, but incorrectly, described as the most westerly point on the peninsula.
means 'great, tapering field' in
ETRS89 (; ) is a headland on the peninsula in Lochaber
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, Highland
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, Scotland, notable for being the most westerly point on the island of Great Britain
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. It is further west than Land's End
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in Cornwall
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Depending on which coordinates are used, this headland is west of Point (and about a kilometre to its south).Ardnamurchan Point is commonly, but incorrectly, described as the most westerly point on the peninsula.
means 'great, tapering field' in Scottish Gaelic
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See also
*Mull of Galloway
The Mull of Galloway ( gd, Maol nan Gall, ; ) is the southernmost point of Scotland. It is situated in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, at the end of the Rhins of Galloway peninsula.
The Mull has one of the last remaining sections of natur ...
– Scotland's most southerly point
* Dunnet Head
Dunnet Head ( gd, Ceann Dùnaid) is a peninsula in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland. Dunnet Head includes the most northerly point of both mainland Scotland and the island of Great Britain.
Geography
The point, also known as Easter ...
– Scotland's most northerly point on the mainland
* Keith Inch
Keith Inch (originally ''Keith Insche'', ''Keithinche'' or ''Caikinche'') is the easternmost point of mainland Scotland, having formerly been an island. It is located in Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, forming the north point of Peterhead Bay at . ...
– Scotland's most easterly point on the mainland
* List of extreme points of the United Kingdom
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