Highland, Scotland

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Highland, Scotland is a sparsely populated council area in the Scottish Highlands known for its dramatic landscapes, including mountains, lochs, and rugged coastline, and for encompassing much of the traditional Highlands region.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Highland Scotland 6
Highland, Scotland canonical 6
Highland region of Scotland 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf council area of Scotland
local government area
administrativeCentre Inverness
borderedBy Aberdeenshire
Argyll and Bute
Moray
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Orkney Islands (by sea)
linked to: Orkney Islands

Perth and Kinross
capital Inverness
characteristic mountainous terrain
numerous lochs
rugged coastline
sparsely populated
contains Badenoch and Strathspey
Ben Nevis
Black Isle
Cairngorms (partial)
Caithness
Fort William
Inverness
Isle of Skye (part of council area)
linked to: Isle of Skye

Knoydart Peninsula
Loch Ness
Lochaber
Nairn
Portree
Ross and Cromarty
Sutherland
Thurso
Ullapool
Wester Ross
linked to: Wester Ross coast

Wick
country Scotland
createdAsCouncilArea 1996
governingBody The Highland Council
linked to: Highland Council
governmentType unitary authority
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean
Moray Firth
North Sea
Pentland Firth
ISO3166-2 GB-HLD
knownFor dramatic landscapes
outdoor tourism
traditional Highland culture
largestSettlement Inverness
locatedInTimeZone UTC±00:00
observesDaylightSavingTime BST
officialLanguage English
partlyWithin Cairngorms National Park
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park (small area)
partOf Scotland
Scottish Highlands
predecessor Highland region
linked to: Scottish Highlands
recognizedLanguage Scots
Scottish Gaelic

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trallval region Highland Scotland
linked to: Highland, Scotland
River Tay region Highland Scotland
subject linked to: Tay
linked to: Highland, Scotland
Wick railway station locatedIn Highland, Scotland
Wick Heritage Museum locatedIn Highland, Scotland
Badenoch locatedIn Highland region of Scotland
linked to: Highland, Scotland
Clan Donald Lands Trust locatedIn Highland, Scotland
A9 road near Pitlochry locatedIn Highland Scotland
linked to: Highland, Scotland
Neptune's Staircase locatedIn Highland, Scotland
subject linked to: Neptune's Staircase lock flight
Tomintoul locatedIn Highland region of Scotland
linked to: Highland, Scotland
Corbett, Scotland usedInRegion Highland Scotland
linked to: Highland, Scotland
Coire Odhar region Highland Scotland
linked to: Highland, Scotland
Darnaway Castle locatedIn Highland region of Scotland
linked to: Highland, Scotland
Nairn Highland Games locatedIn Nairn, Highland, Scotland
linked to: Highland, Scotland
Aird partOf Highland region of Scotland
linked to: Highland, Scotland
The Aird of Lovat historicalRegionOf Highland Scotland
linked to: Highland, Scotland
Thurso Bay locatedIn Highland, Scotland