John oʹGroats
Worth visiting
Added on 08 May 2017,
last edited by »biroto-Redaktion« on 08 May 2017
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Type of sights
Viewing point
Name and address
John oʹGroats
GB-KW1 John oʹGroats
GEO-data
Geodetic coordinates
58.637259 -3.068943
Elevation
14 m
Communication
John o'Groats (Gaelic: Taigh Iain Ghròt) is a small village in the traditional Scottish county of Caithness and the Highlands region of Scotland.
Understand
John o'Groats is popularly thought of as the northernmost point on the mainland (the counterpart to Land's End 
in Cornwall) - although not actually the northernmost point (this honour belongs to Dunnet Head nearby), John o'Groats is certainly the northernmost settlement on Great Britain.
John o'Groats takes its name from one Jan de Groot, a Dutchman who obtained a grant for the ferry from the Scottish mainland to the Orkney Islands , recently acquired from Norway, from the Scottish King James IV in 1496.
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Added on 08 May 2017,
last edited by »biroto-Redaktion« on 08 May 2017