Keith Inch
Keith Insche (Scottish Gaelic) | |
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Headland | |
 Shore at Keith Inch | |
  Keith Inch | |
| Coordinates: 57°30′10″N 01°45′51″W / 57.50278°N 1.76417°W | |
| Grid position | NK 14232 45865 |
| Location | Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Native name | Keith Insche (Scottish Gaelic) |
Keith Inch (originally Keith Insche, Keithinche or Caikinche)[1] is the easternmost point of mainland Scotland, having formerly been an island. It is located in Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, forming the north point of Peterhead Bay. It is now joined to Greenhill, another former island, previously separated from Keith Inch by the Poolmouth.[2] Greenhill Road leads the motorist onto Greenhill from the town via Alexandra Parade.
It forms part of Peterhead Harbour. Inch is a common Scottish word for an island, such as Inchcolm, Inchkenneth and na h-Innse Gall (Hebrides), and derives from the Scottish Gaelic innis.
It was used in the whaling industry, and boil yards were here; the remains of a whale bone arch can be seen.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
McKean152was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Alexander, William McCombie (1952). The Place-names of Aberdeenshire. Third Spalding Club.