Highland, Scotland

E901511

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 ⓘ