Mapa topográfico Iona

Some have called Edinburgh the Athens of the North for a variety of reasons. The earliest comparison between the two cities showed that they had a similar topography, with the Castle Rock of Edinburgh performing a similar role to the Athenian Acropolis. Both of them had flatter, fertile agricultural land…

Altitude média: 104 m

Glasgow itself was reputed to have been founded by the Christian missionary Saint Mungo in the 6th century. He established a church on the Molendinar Burn, where the present Glasgow Cathedral stands, and in the following years Glasgow became a religious centre. Glasgow grew over the following centuries. The…

Altitude média: 128 m

Altitude média: 163 m

Altitude média: 338 m

Edinburgh has been popularly called the Athens of the North since the early 19th century. References to Athens, such as Athens of Britain and Modern Athens, had been made as early as the 1760s. The similarities were seen to be topographical but also intellectual. Edinburgh's Castle Rock reminded returning…

Altitude média: 118 m

Altitude média: 191 m

Two weather stations collect climate data for the area, Aberdeen/Dyce Airport, and Craibstone. Both are about 4 1⁄2 miles (7 km) to the north west of the city centre, and given that they are in close proximity to each other, exhibit very similar climatic regimes. Dyce tends to have marginally warmer daytime…

Altitude média: 52 m

Falkirk is located in an area of undulating topography between the Slamannan Plateau and the upper reaches of the Firth of Forth. The area to the north of Falkirk is part of the floodplain of the River Carron. Two tributaries of the River Carron - the East Burn and the West Burn flow through the town and form…

Altitude média: 69 m

Altitude média: 177 m

Elgin is first documented in the Cartulary of Moray in 1190 AD. It was created a royal burgh in the 12th century by King David I of Scotland, and by that time had a castle on top of the present-day Lady Hill to the west of the town. The origin of the name Elgin is likely to be Celtic. It may derive from…

Altitude média: 26 m

Ailsa Craig and the County Antrim coast of Ulster and Rathlin Island are all clearly visible from the Mull. On clearer days it is also possible to make out Malin Head in Inishowen in County Donegal in the west of Ulster, and the Ayrshire coast on the other side of Ailsa Craig. Other islands in the Firth of…

Altitude média: 84 m

Altitude média: 107 m

Altitude média: 287 m

Altitude média: 25 m

Altitude média: 149 m

Altitude média: 184 m

Altitude média: 28 m

Altitude média: 194 m

Altitude média: 102 m

Altitude média: 83 m

Altitude média: 129 m

Altitude média: 431 m

Altitude média: 257 m

Altitude média: 199 m

The Scottish Highlands are renowned for their rugged, mountainous terrain that dominates much of the region. Stretching across the northern and central parts of Scotland, the landscape is shaped by ancient geological forces, including the Caledonian Orogeny, which caused significant tectonic collisions…

Altitude média: 907 m

Dundee sits on the north bank of the Firth of Tay on the eastern, North Sea Coast of Scotland. The city lies 36.1 miles (58 km) NNE of Edinburgh and 360.6 miles (580 km) NNW of London. The built-up area occupies a roughly rectangular shape 8.3 miles (13 km) long by 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, aligned in an east to…

Altitude média: 82 m

Walter Scott's 1822 novel The Pirate is set in "a remote part of Shetland", and was inspired by his 1814 visit to the islands. The name Jarlshof meaning "Earl's Mansion" is a coinage of his. Robert Cowie, a doctor born in Lerwick published the 1874 work.Shetland: Descriptive and Historical; Being a Graduation…

Altitude média: 4 m

Altitude média: 161 m

Altitude média: 71 m

Altitude média: 99 m

Montrose occupies a position on the North Bank of Montrose Basin at the mouth of the River South Esk on the East Coast of Scotland, 11 miles (18 km) NNE of Arbroath, 19 miles (31 km) SW of Stonehaven, and 7.2 miles (12 km) ESE of Brechin. The town lies 62.2 miles (100 km) NNE of Edinburgh, and 373.2 miles (601…

Altitude média: 22 m

Altitude média: 331 m

Altitude média: 31 m

Altitude média: 38 m

Altitude média: 20 m

Altitude média: 67 m

Altitude média: 236 m

Altitude média: 64 m

Altitude média: 132 m

Beyond Loch Snizort to the west of Trotternish is the Waternish peninsula, which ends in Ardmore Point's double rock arch. Duirinish peninsula is separated from Waternish by Loch Dunvegan, which contains the island of Isay. It is ringed by sea cliffs that reach 296 metres (971 feet) on the west at Waterstein…

Altitude média: 63 m

The number of hours of natural sunshine in South Ayrshire is controlled by the length of day and by cloudiness. In general, December is the dullest month and May or June the sunniest. Sunshine duration decreases with increasing altitude, increasing latitude and distance from the coast. Local topography also…

Altitude média: 151 m

Altitude média: 219 m

The island's relief is spectacular, a 19th-century commentator remarking that "the interior is one heap of rude mountains, scarcely possessing an acre of level land". This combination of geology and topography make for less than ideal agricultural conditions, and it is doubtful that more than one tenth of the…

Altitude média: 118 m

Altitude média: 52 m

Altitude média: 7 m

Altitude média: 78 m

Altitude média: 6 m

Altitude média: 101 m

Altitude média: 68 m

Altitude média: 202 m

The southern group of islands surrounds Scapa Flow. Hoy, to the west, is the second largest of the Orkney Isles and Ward Hill at its northern end is the highest elevation in the archipelago. The Old Man of Hoy is a well-known seastack. Graemsay and Flotta are both linked by ferry to the Mainland and Hoy, and…

Altitude média: 7 m

In the 1846 book A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, Samuel Lewis writes.

Altitude média: 167 m

Altitude média: 683 m

Altitude média: 94 m

Altitude média: 42 m

Altitude média: 289 m

Two weather stations collect climate data for the area, Aberdeen/Dyce Airport, and Craibstone. Both are about 4+1⁄2 miles (7 km) to the north west of the city centre, and given that they are in close proximity to each other, exhibit very similar climatic regimes. Dyce tends to have marginally warmer daytime…

Altitude média: 46 m

Angus can be split into three geographic areas. To the north and west, the topography is mountainous. This is the area of the Grampian Mountains, Mounth hills and Five Glens of Angus, which is sparsely populated and where the main industry is hill farming. Glas Maol – the highest point in Angus at 1,068 m…

Altitude média: 254 m

Altitude média: 74 m

Altitude média: 183 m

Altitude média: 84 m

Caithness extends about 30 miles (48 km) north-south and about 30 miles (48 km) east-west, with a roughly triangular-shaped area of about 712 sq mi (1,840 km2). The topography is generally flat, in contrast to the majority of the remainder of the North of Scotland. Until the latter part of the 20th century…

Altitude média: 79 m

The entire region was covered by ice sheets during the Pleistocene ice ages, save perhaps for a few nunataks. The complex geomorphology includes incised valleys and lochs carved by the action of mountain streams and ice, and a topography of irregularly distributed mountains whose summits have similar heights…

Altitude média: 907 m

Altitude média: 104 m

Altitude média: 163 m

Altitude média: 80 m

Altitude média: 431 m

East Ayrshire is located on the west coat of Scotland, sharing borders with the following neighbouring council areas; North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire. Blackcraig Hill reaches an elevation of 2,298 feet (700 metres), the highest peak in East…

Altitude média: 225 m

Altitude média: 23 m

Altitude média: 31 m

Altitude média: 280 m

Altitude média: 141 m

Altitude média: 236 m

Altitude média: 69 m

Altitude média: 245 m

Altitude média: 124 m

The island has three endemic species of tree, the Arran whitebeams. These trees are the Scottish or Arran whitebeam (Sorbus arranensis), the bastard mountain ash or cut-leaved whitebeam (Sorbus pseudofennica) and the Catacol whitebeam (Sorbus pseudomeinichii). If rarity is measured by numbers alone they are…

Altitude média: 98 m

Altitude média: 191 m

Altitude média: 222 m

Altitude média: 432 m

Altitude média: 105 m

Altitude média: 281 m

Altitude média: 376 m

Altitude média: 466 m

Altitude média: 194 m

Altitude média: 36 m

Altitude média: 299 m

Altitude média: 257 m

Altitude média: 92 m

Altitude média: 353 m

Altitude média: 585 m

Altitude média: 100 m

Altitude média: 355 m

Altitude média: 333 m

Altitude média: 217 m

Altitude média: 32 m

Altitude média: 219 m

Altitude média: 293 m

Altitude média: 161 m

Altitude média: 42 m