Melness

Melness
Scottish Gaelic: *Taobh Mhealanais*
Melness Scottish Gaelic: Taobh Mhealanais;
	Beach at Melness
	Melness Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid reference	NC585630
Council area	Highland;
Lieutenancy area	Sutherland;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lairg
Postcode district	IV27 4
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross;
Scottish Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Ross;
	List of places UK Scotland 58°31′55″N 4°25′55″W / 58.532°N 4.432°W

Melness (Gaelic: Taobh Mhealanais) is a locality comprising a group of small remote crofting townships, lying to the west of Tongue Bay opposite Coldbackie, in the north coast of Sutherland, Scottish Highlands. It is in the Scottish council area of Highland.^[1]^[2] The individual hamlets are:

^ Gittings, Bruce; Munro, David. "Melness". The Gazetteer for Scotland. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh and The Royal Scottish Geographical Society. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
^ Microsoft; Nokia. "Melness, Highland" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

Melness Scottish Gaelic: Taobh Mhealanais
Beach at Melness
Melness Location within the Sutherland area
OS grid reference	NC585630
Council area	Highland
Lieutenancy area	Sutherland
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Lairg
Postcode district	IV27 4

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

UK Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Scottish Parliament	Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
List of places UK Scotland 58°31′55″N 4°25′55″W / 58.532°N 4.432°W / 58.532; -4.432