Keith Inch
Keith Inch (originally Keith Insche, Keithinche or Caikinche) 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 at 57°30′10″N 1°45′51″W. It is now joined to Greenhill, another former island.
It forms part of Peterhead Harbour. Inch is a common Scottish word for an island, e.g. 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.
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