Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Buchan Ness

Buchan Ness, on E. coast of Aberdeenshire, 3 miles S. of Peterhead; the most easterly point of the Scottish mainland; has a lighthouse with flashing light seen 17 miles.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "most easterly point of scottish mainland"   (ADL Feature Type: "capes")
Administrative units: Aberdeenshire ScoCnty
Place: Buchan Ness

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