Wick, Caithness
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/65670
- Note
- "Wick (Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Ùige, Scots: Week) is a town and royal burgh in Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. The town straddles the River Wick and extends along both sides of Wick Bay. Wick Locality had a population of 6,954 at the time of the 2011 census, a decrease of 3.8% from 2001.
Pulteneytown, which was developed on the south side of the river by the British Fisheries Society during the 19th century, was officially merged into the burgh in 1902.
The town is on the main road (the A99–A9 road) linking John o´ Groats with southern Britain. The Far North railway line links Wick railway station with southern Scotland and with Thurso, the other burgh of Caithness. Wick Airport is on Wick´s northern outskirts. The airport has two usable runways. A third is derelict." - (en.wikipedia.org 17.10.2020) - Latitude
- 58.453998565674
- Longitude
- -3.0889999866486
- Inhabitants
- 7,140
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