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The mainland of Scotland has 6,160 miles (9,910 km) of coastline. The morphology of Scotland was formed by the action of tectonic plates, and subsequent erosion arising from glaciation. The major division of Scotland is the Highland Boundary Fault, which separates the land into 'highland' to the north and west, and 'lowland' to the south and east.
The Shires of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachdan na h-Alba; Scots: Scots coonties), [a] or Counties of Scotland, were historic subdivisions of Scotland. Originally established in the Middle Ages for judicial purposes (being the territory over which a sheriff had jurisdiction). From the 17th century, after the Union of Scotland and England ...
Map of the Inner and Outer Hebrides This is a list of islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain. Also included are various other related tables and lists. The definition of an offshore island used in this list is "land that is surrounded by seawater on a daily basis, but not necessarily at all stages of the tide, excluding human devices such as bridges ...
Below is a list of headlands of the United Kingdom sorted by county. Names are derived from Ordnance Survey 1:63,360, 1:50,000 and 1:25,000 scale maps of Scotland , England , and Wales . England
Orkney (/ ˈɔːrkni /), also known as the Orkney Islands or, the often deprecated, Orkneys, is an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland. Part of the Northern Isles along with Shetland, Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north of Caithness and has about 70 islands, of which 20 are inhabited. [1][2][3] The largest island, the Mainland, has an area ...
The coastline of the United Kingdom is formed by a variety of natural features including islands, bays, headlands and peninsulas. It consists of the coastline of the island of Great Britain, the north-east coast of the island of Ireland, as well as many much smaller islands. Much of the coastline is accessible and quite varied in geography and ...
Caithness. Caithness-shire (Scottish Gaelic: Gallaibh [ˈkal̪ˠɪv]; Old Norse: Katanes[2]) or the County of Caithness is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. Caithness-shire has a land boundary with the historic county of Sutherland to the west and is otherwise bounded by sea.
Isle of Skye. The Isle of Skye, [8] or simply Skye (/ skaɪ /; Scottish Gaelic: An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or Eilean a' Cheò), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. [Note 1] The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated by the Cuillin, the rocky slopes of which provide some of ...