Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wrath, Cape

Wrath, Cape, headland, at NW. extremity of Sutherland, alt. 370 ft.; has a lighthouse 65 ft. high, with revolving light 400 ft. above high water and seen 27 miles. The cliffs in the neighbourhood are from 250 to 600 ft. high.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "headland"   (ADL Feature Type: "harbors")
Administrative units: Sutherland ScoCnty
Place names: CAPE WRATH     |     WRATH     |     WRATH CAPE
Place: Cape Wrath

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