Stoer Head (Rubha Stoer in Scots Gaelic) is a point of land north of
Lochinver and the township of
Stoer
Stoer ( gd, An Stòr) is a crofting township in the parish of Assynt, Sutherland, in the Highlands of Scotland and in the council area of Highland. It is located about five miles north of the village of Lochinver.
Norman McLeod, a presbyt ...
in
Sutherland, NW
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...
. The
lighthouse on the point marks the northern entrance to
The Minch
The Minch ( gd, An Cuan Sgitheanach, ', ', '), also called North Minch, is a strait in north-west Scotland, separating the north-west Highlands and the northern Inner Hebrides from Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides. It was known as ("Sco ...
.
The peninsula is about long and wide, and has a number of scattered small settlements including Culkein, Balchladich and Achnacarnin.
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Headlands of Scotland
Landforms of Sutherland
Landforms of Highland (council area)