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a place in Scotland which is the most northern part of the British mainland. The most northern point in the whole of Britain, including its islands, is a rock called Muckle Flugga, a mile off the coast of the island of Unst in the Shetland Islands.
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Cape, northeastern Scotland.A rounded headland, it is the northernmost point of the Scottish mainland, jutting into the North Sea. It is crowned by a lighthouse, 346 ft (105 m) high, built in 1831.* * *
a rounded, cliffed sandstone headland in the Highland council area, Scotland, that is the northernmost point on the mainland of Great Britain. Dunnet Head is about 3 miles (5 km) across and juts out into the Pentland Firth of the Atlantic Ocean. It forms a plateau at an elevation of about 100 feet (30 metres), with hills rising to 422 feet (129 metres). The headland's northern tip is crowned by a 346-foot- (105-metre-) high lighthouse built in 1831.* * *
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