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centre of Scotland
centre of Scotland in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
Lewis Clarke — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
centre of Scotland is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
There is some debate as to the location of the geographical centre of Scotland. This is due to different methods of calculating the centre, and whether surrounding islands are included.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 56.8169, -4.1826
Sources
- wikidata: Q5062662 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Geographical centre of Scotland (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is centre of Scotland?
- centre of Scotland is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.8169°, -4.1826°.